You can use the UNIX redirect and append operator (
>>
) with
w
to append all or part of the contents of the buffer to an existing file. For example, if you entered:
:1,10w
newfile
and then:
$ |
|
---|
newfile would contain lines 1-10 and line 340 to the end of the buffer.
- from O'Reilly & Associates' Learning the vi Editor , Chapter 5