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# 8  
Old 04-15-2004
When you vi an existing file, you get a message like....

"file1" 30 lines, 1000 characters

To replace the whole file type "30cc" and paste.

However, it might be easier to just copy the file using ftp or scp.
# 9  
Old 04-15-2004
Thanks

I'l give the first one a try - i cant ftp the file over due to permissions. However never heard of SCP?
# 10  
Old 04-16-2004
I cannot get this to work at all - im feeling rather daft

it overwrite some of it and not all of it - looks like i need to go back to overwriting one line at at time :-(
# 11  
Old 04-20-2004
what is SCP??

raguram R
# 12  
Old 04-20-2004
scp (secure copy) is a replacement for rcp (remote copy)

More info here: http://heimhardt.com/htdocs/ssh/openssh/openssh.html
 
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