How about


vim file2
yy
:e file1
7G
p

ie open file 2, grab the first line, edit file1, move to line 7 and append what you yanked.

No doubt there are ways involving two windows.

regards - Chris


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Subject: Vimdiff editing text
I'm having trouble moving text from file2 line1 to file1 line8.
How do I do that please?

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