Moving Text In vi(1) To Another File

[Jamie Griffin]

On 29/08/2014 12:51, Rodney Lewis wrote:
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> There are several ways to do this but I prefer the old ex commands. 
> It's just the way my brain works.
>
> First I enable visible line numbers so I know what's where.
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> :set nu
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> You can then use the following to write out to a new file.
> Select lines 10 to 30
> :10,30w ~/newfile
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> Or append lines 45 to 66 to newfile
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> :45,66w >>~/newfile
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>
> To copy text chunks around a file
> Copy line 45,66 and insert at line 90
>
> :45,66co90
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> Or substitute mo to move it
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> :45,66mo90
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> You can also use d to delete chunks of text
> Delete line 78 to 88
> :78,88d
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> Hope this helps
>
> Rodney
>

Hi to everyone who contributed, thanks for these tips - they are very 
helpful. I'm reorganising a large configuration file and I want to 
modularise it by separating elements into sub-sections so being able to 
add sections of text to existing files is necessary.

Thanks again