Line Ranges

LineRanges

Many of the commands specified next can be applied to a range of lines, rather than the whole file. To specify a line range;

1.       Get into command mode.

2.       Type a colon.

3.       Type a start line, an optional comma, and a stop line.

This chapter is broken up into the following sections:

Title of the Section	What It Really Means
Just Enough to Get By	Quick start for beginners.
Starting and Stopping vi	What it sounds like.
Position within a File	Scrolling and motion.
Searching and Replacing	Also includes pattern matching examples.
Adding and Deleting Text	Invoking edit mode, also deleting.
Yanking and Putting	Not unlike copy & paste.
Shell Interaction	Shell functions available in an edit session.