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Commands That Are Not Specific to UNIX

M Command



Moves one line of text.
Category: Text editing, line command

Syntax
Arguments
Details
See Also

Syntax

M <n>
intervening text
A | B

Arguments

n

specifies the number of lines of text to move. Follow the n argument with a space. Without the n argument, only the line of text that contains the line command is moved.

A

marks the target position of the line of text to be moved; in this case, after the line where the A argument is typed. You can place the A argument either before or after the line to be moved.

B

marks the target position of the line of text to be moved; in this case, before the line where the B argument is typed. You can place the B argument either before or after the line to be moved.


Details

The M command moves a designated line of text to a new position anywhere in a window.


See Also

Commands:

MM Command

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