Re: Semi-OT: Vi Question/Need
- From: Nuno Souto <dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:35:07 +1100
cut would be my first choice too.
cut -c1-40 {fname} > {newfnam}
will cut the first 40 columns of all lines of fname and drop the result
in newfname (omit the {}).
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Cheers
Nuno Souto
dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On 17/03/2013 12:51 PM, Mark W. Farnham wrote:
> I think you mean from a character position to the end of the line for all
> lines?
>
> I'd probably use sed or awk, whichever you know better, or cut, I suppose,
> but I use cut so rarely I have to look up the syntax.
>
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> Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Vi Question/Need
>
>> What is the simplest way to delete from a line POSITION to end of line
>> through the whole file?
> Others have made good suggestions. If I need to make such vertical-editing,
> I would display the text in Windows console with a wide window size (I
> actually use the console version of sqlplus so in this case, it's already in
> the console). Then I vertically select the text I need.
>
> Some editors support vertical editing, MS Word, UltraEdit, gVim, even MS
> Outlook. In these editors, you can select and delete the part you don't
> need.
>
> But for a very big file, using some command is preferred.
>
>
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