[lug] VI help

[Ken Weinert]

This probably isn't the most elegant way as I normally use vi just for
quick hacks, but you can do it by:

:1,$s/^/new text at front of line/

and

:1,$s/$/new text at end of line/


* Shannon Johnston (nunar at iws.net) [010711 17:52]:
> Hey All,
> I've got a 2,000 line document that I need to add a string to the
> beginning of every line. I know there's a way to do this easily in vi, I
> just don't know how. Can anybody help?
> 
> While I'm at it, I have to add a different string to the end of every
> line.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shannon
> 
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