ctrl+v question in vim
 

Hi all,

I use vi extensively in editing print files or data files in RHEL4.
To cut and paste the data within vi editor i use
%!cut command to cut the data
or ctrl+v command to select some data, del to cut the data and p to paste where ever i need.
I found ctrl+v command is xlent tool in vi.


Now my problem is i want to insert some spaces, say 4 spaces 5th character using ctrl+v command. Is there any solution for it?

Presently to do this i am doing this process...

$vi myfile (it has 10 records)
:%s/^/ / (i am inserting 5 spaces at beginning of each record)
ctrl+v (going to visual mode)
5 l (selecting 5 spaces from beginning of the record)
10 j (selecting all the records from top)
del (deleting the selected spaces and it will be stored in the buffer)
here i moved the cursor to 5th character of first record and pressed p (small case) to insert the deleted spaces after 5th character of each record)

to avoid all this process is there any direct command to insert spaces within vi after a specific place?

Hmmm ... not a vi solution, but ...


And within vim :}

Cheers,
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