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Old 12-02-2013
Take out File-B contents from File-A within Vi/ViM

So I have a list of account names in one file (File-A). I have an account History file (File-B) of accounts I want to take out of File-A. I wish to not include some accounts which were added in the past month.

It would be nice (i.e. less time spent editing) to edit out contents of File-B while using Vi on File-A. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this quickly that would be great.

So far I've used grep -n, diff -a but you still have to append to other files or create new files. I know Vi is very powerful but very strange to use. It would be nice to be within one file and just use the other file as a reference.

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I mean I want to execute a UNIX command within Vi (i.e. use !)
 

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File::Spec::Functions(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				File::Spec::Functions(3pm)

NAME
File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names SYNOPSIS
use File::Spec::Functions; $x = catfile('a','b'); DESCRIPTION
This module exports convenience functions for all of the class methods provided by File::Spec. For a reference of available functions, please consult File::Spec::Unix, which contains the entire set, and which is inherited by the modules for other platforms. For further information, please see File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Win32, or File::Spec::VMS. Exports The following functions are exported by default. canonpath catdir catfile curdir rootdir updir no_upwards file_name_is_absolute path The following functions are exported only by request. devnull tmpdir splitpath splitdir catpath abs2rel rel2abs case_tolerant All the functions may be imported using the ":ALL" tag. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2004 by the Perl 5 Porters. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO
File::Spec, File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Win32, File::Spec::VMS, ExtUtils::MakeMaker perl v5.14.2 2010-09-20 File::Spec::Functions(3pm)
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