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one more thing...

can I alias my :%!cut -c -158 command within vi to a simpler keystroke, like :i or something?

Thanks... this goes much of the way towards perfection!!

the cut tool is producing good results using:

cut -c -158 <filename> | more

or from within Vi:

:%!cut -c -158

Think i prefer...

Thanks, but I get the following error:

cut: No such command from open/visual

I am using vi on a SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-12 sun4u sparc SUNW box...

any help appreciated

I have to look through logfiles where lines are several hundred characters long and if I open the log in Vi it automatically word wraps the line. In Vim you can use the -nowrap option to stop this,...