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How to add a character to beginning of multiple lines in vim

Put char at beginning of multiple lines vim

Press Esc to enter 'command mode'
Use Ctrl+V to enter visual block mode
Move Up/Downto select the columns of text in the lines you want to comment.
Then hit Shift+i and type the text you want to insert.
Then hit Esc, wait 1 second and the inserted text will appear on every line.

Source: stackoverflow.com

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