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07-05-2009, 11:06 PM
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Comment out next 40 lines with vi-editor?
Is there an easy way to comment out the next 40 lines with the VI editor?
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07-06-2009, 12:03 AM
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Registered: Feb 2006
Distribution: Fedora
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Something like this? (Replace 8 and 18 with your actual start and end line numbers) |
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07-06-2009, 01:24 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Sydney
Distribution: Rocky 9.2
Posts: 18,356
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subst start-of-line with '#' (effectively inserts '#' at start of line) |
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07-06-2009, 01:46 AM
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Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Outside Paris
Distribution: Solaris 11.4, Oracle Linux, Mint, Debian/WSL
Posts: 9,789
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Commenting the next 40 lines would be:
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