And how about deleting from line L1 for instance to the end of
the file. And put it in a script file, since "G" don't appear
like a regexp and $ represent end of line if I'm not wrong ?
$ represents the end-of-line in *normal* mode. As an Ex command,
it means the last line in the file. Thus, you'd use
:42,$d
to delete from line 42 to the end of the file.
I highly recommend reading the help found at
:help :range
where you'll learn all sorts of handy ways for referring to lines
in an ex command. Commands/addresses can be chained so you can
end up with things like
:1/APPENDIX/?CHAPTER?+2
which would refer to "two lines after (+2) the line that contains
"CHAPTER" that occurs before the first line containing the word
"APPENDIX". All sorts of complex references and ranges can be
created from a few simple addressing schemes.
-tim
