Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!voder!pyramid!infmx!billd From: billd@infmx.informix.com (William Daul) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: VI Hint requested Message-ID: <1990Dec17.003156.28032@informix.com> Date: 17 Dec 90 00:31:56 GMT Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News) Organization: Informix Software, Inc. Lines: 32 Originator: billd@cheetah USING VI.... 1. Given a number of lines that looked like this: one two three four five six How would I create a file that looked like this from the above: one two three four five six Or: one two three four five six 2. What is the lines looked like this: one two three four one two three four one two three four Note for 2.: The columns could always have the same strings in the same order but they might not be in the same character position.