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Old 03-17-2006
annoying vi yank word + delete all question
Hello
when i try to yank word only that looks like this "$$foo$"
when i stand with my curser marker on the first char ($) and do in vi : "yw" (yank word)
its yanks me only the "$" char when i stand white my curser on "f" its yank's me only "foo"
how can i yank all word no matter what characters its build of .
second question again about vi
how can i delete all content of text file ?
thanks
# 2  
Old 03-17-2006
1. $ is a word boundry
2. delete all content.
:%d
# 3  
Old 03-17-2006
y$ will yank to end of line
yW will yank white space delimited word
# 4  
Old 03-17-2006
ok so you saying i cand copy word with "$$$"?
thanks for the fast reply ,
by the way is there any good begginers forum like this one for vi only ?
thanks allot
# 5  
Old 03-20-2006
How about a good book - I used "Learning the Vi Editor" by Lamb and Robbins and published by O'Reilly. Comprehensive, well organised and quite easy reading. Soon gets you beyond the stage where the terminal bleeps every second key-press Smilie

cheers
 
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