[ale] NVI blew up

[Robert L. Harris]

I tried this:

:1,130 w /tmp/fred.pl

It blew up.  

Too late, I'm re-writing.  Back to vim.

Thus spake Yu, Jerry (zyu at Ptek.com):

> 
> 
> :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!
> #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
> #Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
> #  at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
> #                                \_       that important!
> #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
> Systems Engineer			https://punch/~zyu
> PTEK Holdings, Inc.			+1-404-262-8544 (O)



:wq!
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Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
  at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
                                \_       that important!
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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