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Old 08-14-2006
You can try to put in /.exrc file

set number

And for the 5th point, I have never tried it that way....so can't throw any light!! Smilie

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Apoorva kumar
# 23  
Old 08-14-2006
1. What about if I'm in the middle of a file and I want to yank from there to the end of file without knowing the number of lines, is it possible? suppose from line 12 to eof?

In vi command mode, just use 'yG' to yank all lines from current to the end-of-file.

2) What is the command in vi to goto a specific line number, suppose I want to move cursor to the 1st line, 8th line or last line without knowing the total number of lines.

apoorvasharma80 has answered this.. cant really do anything else.

3) If there is any command in vi to count to number of lines?

Press ^G in vi command mode. Will show filename, current line and total number of lines in the file.

4) How can I run shell commands without leaving the vi session.

Again, has been answered by apoorvasharma80.

5) How can I use vi non-interactively, can any one give a simple example here.

Using vi non-interactively is the same as using its predecessor, ex. Use the 'here document' to pass commands to vi, but you'd be better off using ed/ex. An example:
Code:
# cat test
this is a line
this is another line
and this is yet another!
# vi test <<!
:%s/that/this/g
:wq
!
# cat test
that is a line
that is another line
and that is yet another!

 
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