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Old 07-02-2010
Appending character "0" in vi editor for all lines between 1 and 40.
I have to append character "0" for lines between 1 and 40 in a file.

I tried the following code.
Code:
:s/^0,1,40/g

Input:
Quote:
abac
kaga
kal
Output:
Quote:
0abac
0kaga
0kal
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Old 07-02-2010
Code:
:1,40s/^/0/

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Old 07-02-2010
Thanks!!
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