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From: hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Counting and appending an integer in VI?
Message-ID: <3707@wn1.sci.kun.nl>
Date: 26 Jun 91 13:05:36 GMT
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References: <1991Jun26.031232.29957@massey.ac.nz>
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In <1991Jun26.031232.29957@massey.ac.nz> R.Singh@massey.ac.nz (R. Singh) writes:

)Assume a file with 10 foxes.

)foxes
)foxes
)foxes
)foxes
)foxes
)foxes
)foxes
)foxes
)foxes
)foxes

)I want to change it to

)foxes1
)foxes2
)foxes3
)foxes4
)foxes5
)foxes6
)foxes7
)foxes8
)foxes9
)foxes10

)Is it possible in VI.

No.  You'll have to use an external filter, e.g.

1G!G awk '{print $0 NR}'

Change the 1G!G bit to taste (and the awk program for that matter).

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Have a nice day,

Hans Mulder	hansm@cs.kun.nl