VI - insert tab on multiple lines
Dan
How do I use VI to insert tab on multiple lines.
eg. If I had 100 lines and would like to have each line tab over 3
times.
1
2
3
4
5
.
.
.
99
100
final result:
<tab><tab><tab>1
<tab><tab><tab>2
<tab><tab><tab>3
<tab><tab><tab>4
<tab><tab><tab>5
<tab><tab><tab>....
<tab><tab><tab>99
<tab><tab><tab>100
Is there a quicker way than going to each line and using the "I" than
tab over 3 times?
Al Sharka
>
>If I had 100 lines and would like to have each line tab over 3 times.
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
> .
> .
> .
> 99
> 100
>
> final result:
> <tab><tab><tab>1
> <tab><tab><tab>2
> <tab><tab><tab>3
> <tab><tab><tab>4
> <tab><tab><tab>5
> <tab><tab><tab>....
> <tab><tab><tab>99
> <tab><tab><tab>100
>
> Is there a quicker way than going to each line and using the "I" than
> tab over 3 times?
In vanilla vi:
(the "^I" actually represents a tab character)
:1,100 s/^/^I^I^I/
or relative addressing:
:.,.+100 s/^/^I^I^I/
Or, with your shiftwidth set at the default of 8 and the cursor on
the first line you want to indent:
:sw=8
100>>
or any number of other movement commands combined with the ">" operator.
Peppe
> :.,.+100 s/^/^I^I^I/
> Or, with your shiftwidth set at the default of 8 and the cursor on
> the first line you want to indent:
> :sw=8
> 100>>
> or any number of other movement commands combined with the ">" operator.
Or "combine" the two
:.,.+100>>>
Peppe [just for completeness]
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Matej Cepl
> Is there a quicker way than going to each line and using the
> "I" than tab over 3 times?
Select all region in rectangular block (Ctrl-V) and then I,
3tabs, ESC. And you are done. No need to fiddle with regexes.
Matej
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Peppe
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 06:20:42AM -0800, Dan wrote:
> > Is there a quicker way than going to each line and using the
> > "I" than tab over 3 times?
> Select all region in rectangular block (Ctrl-V) and then I,
> 3tabs, ESC. And you are done. No need to fiddle with regexes.
That would be a vim solution (5.4 and later, I think, and possible
other clones, too(?)).
In vi you can get lots of beeps with
:set noflash
^V^V^V^V^V^V^V
[:version says "Version SVR4.0, Solaris 2.5.0"]
Somehow it would be nice if people asking questions about vi included
the :version output (or at the first line in the case of a vim
installed as vi). Would save us all some second guessing now that
quite a few systems have a vi clone installed as vi without people
knowing it.
Peppe
Phil Reynolds
>
> Select all region in rectangular block (Ctrl-V) and then I,
> 3tabs, ESC. And you are done. No need to fiddle with regexes.
vi doesn't have the ability to select a region in the way you describe -
it is a feature of vim.
The simplest way in vi is to use the > command in combination with
either a line count or a cursor motion that defines the area to be
shifted. For instance, if the 100 lines to be shifted are followed by a
blank line (or EOF), then >} will shift those lines by one tab stop
(assuming you have shiftwidth set to the default value 8). Then do ..
to repeat that shift twice.
If there's no obvious cursor motion that defines the region, then
100>>.. is still fewer keystrokes than would be required using the
region select method available with vim.
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Matej Cepl
> That would be a vim solution (5.4 and later, I think, and possible
> other clones, too(?)).
Sorry, I overlooked that it is generic vi question.
Matej
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