[ale] VI question

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)]

On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 15:53, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> Ok, the problem is long solved using perl but how the heck can you use
> ":%s" to join multiple lines?  Yes, it can be done with "J" but we
> wanted to join about 500 lines and I've done it with a substitution
> before but can't remember how.
> 
cat file | perl -e 'while(<STDIN>) { chomp(); print $_ }'

Should work.  Just my idea

> Anyone know?
> 
> 
> :wq!
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