Reference: join
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T22:00:03Z

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| Chapter 9 The Ex Editor |

## join

    [address] j[!] [count]

Place the text in the specified range on one line, with white space adjusted to provide two blank characters after a period (.), no blank characters after a ), and one blank character otherwise. Add a ! to prevent white space adjustment.

### Example

>     :1,5j!	Join first five lines, preserving white space

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