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In article <Bv6n4M.Dox@encore.com> mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
>I'd like to be able to write a "block" of lines to a file, without having to
>count the lines, or get the start & end loine number.  Can I use the temp
>buffers something like:
>
>mx
>y'x
>write x to file

Almost right.  Mark the first line of the block, say, mx.  Move to
the last line of the block and do any of:
:'x,.w file         [if writing to a new file]
or
:'x,.w! file        [if re-writing an existing file]
or
:'x,.w >> file      [if appending to an existing file]
as necessary.

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