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Buyer: xiujuan lu (luxiujuan@gmail.com)<br />

Transaction ID: 85W16630AD8515549<br />

Vim <strong>101</strong> Hacks<br />

www.thegeekstuff.com<br />

Chapter 5: Basic Text Manipulation<br />

Hack 20. Insert or Append Text<br />

Insert Text<br />

The following explains various methods to insert text into a file.<br />

Key<br />

i<br />

Description<br />

Insert text at the current position<br />

I<br />

Insert text at the beginning of the line<br />

Key: Uppercase I as in India<br />

o<br />

Insert a new line after the current line and insert<br />

text<br />

Key: Lowercase o as in orange.<br />

O<br />

Insert a new line before the current line and insert<br />

text<br />

Key: Uppercase O as in Orange.<br />

:r FILENAME Insert another file content into current file after<br />

the current line<br />

:r! COMMAND<br />

Insert output of a command into current file after<br />

the current line<br />

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