Name
< >
Synopsis
[address
] < [count
] or [address
] > [count
]
Shift lines specified by address either
left (<
) or right (>
). Only leading spaces and tabs are
added or removed when shifting lines. count
specifies the number of lines to shift, starting with
address. The shiftwidth
option controls the number of
columns that are shifted. Repeating the <
or >
increases the shift amount. For
example, :>>>
shifts
three times as much as :>
.
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