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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Simple VI question?
Message-ID: <1991May09.140740.18@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 9 May 91 14:07:40 GMT
References: <1991May9.024022.24367@massey.ac.nz>
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <1991May9.024022.24367@massey.ac.nz> R.Singh@massey.ac.nz (R. Singh) writes:

>Mark 2 lines, and then from ":'a, 'z" append a >> at the beginning of every
>line.

:'a,'zs/^/>>/

But if I were doing it I probably wouldn't bother with the second mark.  Just
put the cursor on the ending line for the range and use . to reference it.

:'a,.s/^/>>/

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us