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Old 10-30-2006, 11:09 AM   #1
geordzilla
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Shifting columns in vi editor


Hi y'all

I'm running ubuntu on my laptop. I'm using vi to edit a file with data in columns and some columns are off. Whats command in vi I can use to shift these columns back to their original position and how do I use them?

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Old 10-30-2006, 11:35 AM   #2
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Here is a great resource if your learning VI.

http://truth.sk/vim/vimbook-OPL.pdf

Hope this helps.
 
  


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