Multiple writes in Vim

lwv962 · 12-18-2014, 02:31 AM

Hi,
In vim ` :12,23 w >> ~/Dir/file " works fine for a one off,
does anyone know the command for multiple writes of say these
same lines to the same output file ?
many thanks,
lwv962.

bigearsbilly · 12-18-2014, 03:20 AM

you could do it laterally, maybe ?

Code:

w > 1
cat 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 > /blah/blah/file

lwv962 · 12-18-2014, 06:53 AM

Thank you for reply bigearsbilly,but I cannot understand your idea,

lwv962 · 12-18-2014, 06:54 AM

Thank you for reply bigearsbilly,but I cannot understand your idea,
could you clarify please.

bigearsbilly · 12-18-2014, 07:05 AM

I mean, write it to a temporary file and then cat it onto what you want.
Not really in vim entirely, just a suggestion.

or yank it, open the file and paste multiple times.

SoftSprocket · 12-18-2014, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lwv962

Hi,
In vim ` :12,23 w >> ~/Dir/file " works fine for a one off,
does anyone know the command for multiple writes of say these
same lines to the same output file ?
many thanks,
lwv962.

Vim does have a command line mode. I don't know if it supports your specific usage but it would look like:

Code:

vi -c ":12,23 w >> ~/Dir/file :q" the_source_file_name

Easy enough to put it in a loop.