Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2009-08-20, Tim Chase wrote:
> 
>> "dd" is a normal-mode command.  1d is an Ex command for "delete 
>> line #1".  The [arg|win|tab|buf]do commands take Ex commands, 
>> rather than normal-mode commands.  The normal-mode way would be 
>> to do something like
>>
>>
>>    argdo ... exec "dd"
> 
> I think you meant
> 
>     argdo ... normal dd

Doh, I meant *both*...because :normal eats whatever comes after 
it (such as the OP's other commands), one would have to do 
something like

   argdo ... exec 'normal dd' | ...

You can see, from two seasoned vimmers bumbling towards a correct 
solution on this, why I opted for the straightforward Ex command 
of "1d" :)

-tim



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