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From: tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: How do I do this in VI?
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.065033.226@newross.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 19 Apr 91 06:50:33 GMT
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In article <1991Apr15.223037.23316@massey.ac.nz> R.Singh@massey.ac.nz
(R. Singh) writes:

$ Couple of questions of commands under VI?
$ 
$ 1) Copy and paste every line in a file, for eg.
$ 
$ -r    87636 Apr  1 03:02 ./app/00app-abstracts.abs
$ -r      279 Apr  1 03:04 ./apple/00apple-abstracts.abs
$ -r     1299 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/code/00code-abstracts.abs
$ -r     3687 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/doc/00doc-abstracts.abs
$ -r     2064 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/hin/00hin-abstracts.abs
$ 
$ -r    87636 Apr  1 03:02 ./app/00app-abstracts.abs
$ -r    87636 Apr  1 03:02 ./app/00app-abstracts.abs
$ -r      279 Apr  1 03:04 ./apple/00apple-abstracts.abs
$ -r      279 Apr  1 03:04 ./apple/00apple-abstracts.abs
$ -r     1299 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/code/00code-abstracts.abs
$ -r     1299 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/code/00code-abstracts.abs
$ -r     3687 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/doc/00doc-abstracts.abs
$ -r     3687 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/doc/00doc-abstracts.abs

I probably wouldn't use vi.  I might use

	awk '{print
	print}' file

$ 2) Insert a blank line after every line. For eg
$ 
$ -r    87636 Apr  1 03:02 ./app/00app-abstracts.abs
$ -r      279 Apr  1 03:04 ./apple/00apple-abstracts.abs
$ -r     1299 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/code/00code-abstracts.abs
$ -r     3687 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/doc/00doc-abstracts.abs
$ 
$ to become
$ 
$ -r    87636 Apr  1 03:02 ./app/00app-abstracts.abs
$ 
$ -r      279 Apr  1 03:04 ./apple/00apple-abstracts.abs
$ 
$ -r     1299 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/code/00code-abstracts.abs
$ 
$ -r     3687 Apr  1 03:03 ./apple/doc/00doc-abstracts.abs
$ 
$ Thanx
$ Raminder Singh

In awk, I would do

	awk '{print $0, "\n"}' file
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