[ale] NVI blew up

[Yu, Jerry]

:startLine#, endLine# w firstFewLines.txt

eg. to write line number 9 and 10 to a file called 9-10.txt

:9,10 w 9-10.txt


On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Robert L. Harris wrote:

#
#
#Ok,
#  I was editing a file when the box went down.  I was using NVI.  When
#I do the "vi -r script.pl" it looks nice, until I try to write the
#file out, then I get a memory fault.  Trying to scroll and do screen 
#shots, it blows up at line 133 and says it cant read that line.  Is
#there a way to "dump" the vi output one line at a time?  There are
#only 150 lins, and I could probably rebuild the rest alot easier than
#the whole thing.
#
#Theories?
#
#
#:wq!
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#DISCLAIMER:
#      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
#FYI:
# perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
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Jerry Yu				mailto: z.yu at ptek.com
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