yank command in vi editor

2009-12-02 Thread נחשון ישורון/Nachshon Yeshurun
Hello I am using vi editor on ubuntu 9.10. Yet several vi commands do not work. e.g yank (y), put (p) and repeat (.) Could you please suggest what is the reason? Is there a difference between standard unix vi edition and linux vi edition? Thank You Nachshon Yeshurun Ariel

FW: +N option in tail command

2009-11-11 Thread נחשון ישורון/Nachshon Yeshurun
Hello Man pages for the tail command shows the ability to use the +N option. Yet, attempting it on Ubuntu 9.10 results in an error. Is this a bug? From man pages: -n, --lines=N output the last N lines, instead of the last 10; or use +N to output lines