[Novalug] vi question

[Jay Hart]

Charlie,

I'm sure a simple perl script would do what you need. Anyone game to try and
help Charlie out?  My perl is very rusty.

Can you post a small snippet of the file for me to see?

Jay

> List,
>
> I have a fairly length text file that I created using vi. It consists of
> data, one line, then, usually but not always a blank line. I wish to add
> two spaces at the beginning of eac line, but I would prefer not to put
> them in the blank lines. How can I do this? Fwiw, I have a copy of
> "Linux in a Nutshell", 5th edition, which has a chapter on vi. (If you
> can tell me what page the info is on, that would be a bonus.)
>
> Charlie
>
>
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