On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 09:57:51AM +0800, Xiaobo Zhu wrote: > Hi, > When I connect to a Cisco router and issue the show ip interface command, the > output is similar as follows: > > Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status > Protocol > Ethernet0/0 192.168.12.1 YES NVRAM up > up > Serial0/0 unassigned YES NVRAM administratively down > down > Ethernet0/1 unassigned YES NVRAM administratively down > down > Loopback0 1.1.1.1 YES NVRAM up > up > > Will anyone please tell me how to select text in block instead of line, so > that I can get the IP address on all interface, in gnome-terminal as well as in > vim. > Many thanks! > > Xiaobo You should be able to do this in visual mode in VIM. Paste your output above into vim and then hit CTRL-C CTRL-V and select away. Ray