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Article #2718Re: How to insert a space down a table, using vi?
From: Dave Wolfe
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 17:40
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 17:40
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In <1991May28.214142.8549@umbc3.umbc.edu> rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian) writes:
>With large files you may prefer using sed rather that vi, as in:
>tail +2 infile | sed 's/..../& /' >outfile
That would lose the first line of the file; probably not what was
intended. How about:
sed '2,$s/..../& /' >outfile
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