vi (ex mode) command...

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In article <315 at nwnexus.WA.COM> michael at nwnexus.UUCP (Michael Shemet) writes:
>Anyone know what the ex mode command for inserting the text from buffer 'a'
>in vi is? I can do this in visual mode IE 'put' the text from buffer 'a' with
>"ap ... I can also yank the text in ex mode with:
>
>:1,5y a

The command is

:put a

You can abbreviate it to

:pu a

but not to :p a, since :p abbreviates :print.

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