Hi,
> I am confused as to why we use the *%* sign. I know that if we need to run > shell command we can press ESC + colon + exclamation + <shell command>. > > *%* in ex mode in Vi/Vim editor refers to *all* lines. *Ranges in Vi/Vim: *Type *:help range * in your Vi/Vim editor * * - In your case you could specify the range * :1,5!xxd* executes *!xxd*command from line 1 to line 5. or - you can do it on all lines by *:%!xxd *or - you can specify *:.,$!xxd *which will execute the command from current line till the end of the file or - you can specify *:.,'c!xxd * if c is a mark made in your file, this command would execute from current line till the mark. Regards Vysakh _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
