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How do I pick a line and write it to an external file?
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I'm searching through a big text file and want to copy certain lines to another file - there is no specific pattern,
I need to visually inspect and copy those lines to an external file.
The command :2400p prints line 2400 to the Vim command line, but I can't get it to write (append) it to another file.
I could use more or less but not sure that would help any better.
cygwin original-vim
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I'm searching through a big text file and want to copy certain lines to another file - there is no specific pattern,
I need to visually inspect and copy those lines to an external file.
The command :2400p prints line 2400 to the Vim command line, but I can't get it to write (append) it to another file.
I could use more or less but not sure that would help any better.
cygwin original-vim
edited Jun 1 at 1:59
Zoe
1106
asked May 31 at 13:39
mljmmljm
161
add a comment |
I'm searching through a big text file and want to copy certain lines to another file - there is no specific pattern,
I need to visually inspect and copy those lines to an external file.
The command :2400p prints line 2400 to the Vim command line, but I can't get it to write (append) it to another file.
I could use more or less but not sure that would help any better.
cygwin original-vim
edited Jun 1 at 1:59
Zoe
1106
asked May 31 at 13:39
mljmmljm
161
I'm searching through a big text file and want to copy certain lines to another file - there is no specific pattern,
I need to visually inspect and copy those lines to an external file.
The command :2400p prints line 2400 to the Vim command line, but I can't get it to write (append) it to another file.
I could use more or less but not sure that would help any better.
cygwin original-vim
cygwin original-vim
edited Jun 1 at 1:59
Zoe
1106
asked May 31 at 13:39
mljmmljm
161
edited Jun 1 at 1:59
Zoe
1106
asked May 31 at 13:39
mljmmljm
161
edited Jun 1 at 1:59
Zoe
1106
edited Jun 1 at 1:59
Zoe
1106
edited Jun 1 at 1:59
Zoe
1106
1106
asked May 31 at 13:39
mljmmljm
161
asked May 31 at 13:39
mljmmljm
161
asked May 31 at 13:39
mljmmljm
161
161
add a comment |
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You can use :[range]w >> file to append the given range to the given file. If the file does not yet exist, use the ! argument to the :w command to force writing the new file.
So this means you can use :2400w >> my_custom.txt to write line 2400 to my_custom.txt file, or if your cursor is on the current line already, you can simply use :.w >> my_custom.txt (which could then e.g. be used by a :g command, to write lines matching a certain pattern).
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You can use :[range]w >> file to append the given range to the given file. If the file does not yet exist, use the ! argument to the :w command to force writing the new file.
So this means you can use :2400w >> my_custom.txt to write line 2400 to my_custom.txt file, or if your cursor is on the current line already, you can simply use :.w >> my_custom.txt (which could then e.g. be used by a :g command, to write lines matching a certain pattern).
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You can use :[range]w >> file to append the given range to the given file. If the file does not yet exist, use the ! argument to the :w command to force writing the new file.
So this means you can use :2400w >> my_custom.txt to write line 2400 to my_custom.txt file, or if your cursor is on the current line already, you can simply use :.w >> my_custom.txt (which could then e.g. be used by a :g command, to write lines matching a certain pattern).
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You can use :[range]w >> file to append the given range to the given file. If the file does not yet exist, use the ! argument to the :w command to force writing the new file.
So this means you can use :2400w >> my_custom.txt to write line 2400 to my_custom.txt file, or if your cursor is on the current line already, you can simply use :.w >> my_custom.txt (which could then e.g. be used by a :g command, to write lines matching a certain pattern).
answered May 31 at 13:47
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You can use :[range]w >> file to append the given range to the given file. If the file does not yet exist, use the ! argument to the :w command to force writing the new file.
So this means you can use :2400w >> my_custom.txt to write line 2400 to my_custom.txt file, or if your cursor is on the current line already, you can simply use :.w >> my_custom.txt (which could then e.g. be used by a :g command, to write lines matching a certain pattern).
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