[lug] VI help

[Chip Atkinson]

:%s/^/yourstringhere/
Does the beginning of the line
:%s/$/yourendstringhere/

Shannon Johnston wrote:

> 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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