> From the dim recesses of my failing memory, I seem to recall, that
> there are
> some vim commands that let one read in, include, a range of records from
> an external source to a specified location in the current buffer.
> Something on the order of
> :(range) read from (to_address)
> Can some vim guru point me to the proper way?
> It seems messy to have to open the from source in a second buffer,
> then yank the desired record range, and finally put the yanked
> records at the to_address.
>
> Advance thanks
Are you looking for the :r command? You can input either another file
or even read in the ouput of another command.
See
:h :read
:h :read!
regards,
Christian
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