Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Reverse and count

Someone typed things upside down and now a Vim ninja needs to reverse the lines and count how many there are.

Start file
Sixth line
Fifth line
Fourth line
Third line
Second line
First line
End file
1. First line
2. Second line
3. Third line
4. Fourth line
5. Fifth line
6. Sixth line

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1,6c1,6
< Sixth line
< Fifth line
< Fourth line
< Third line
< Second line
< First line
---
> 1. First line
> 2. Second line
> 3. Third line
> 4. Fourth line
> 5. Fifth line
> 6. Sixth line

Solutions

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#116 aaaa3331 / aaaa3331 - Score: 33 - 01/03/11 @ 21:48 
:%s!^!\=7-line(".").". "!|sort<CR>ZZ

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#117 David Duponchel / dduponchel - Score: 33 - 01/08/11 @ 19:07 
<C-V>GI6. <Esc>jr5jr4jr3jr2jr1Vgg:sort<CR>ZZ

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#118 Stephan Weller / stephan_weller - Score: 33 - 01/10/11 @ 21:16 
:g/./m0<CR>qqI<C-R>=line('.')<CR>. <Esc>jq5@qZZ

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#119 drio / drio - Score: 33 - 01/11/11 @ 13:32 
<C-V>GI6. <Esc>jr5jr4jr3jr2jr1Vgg:sort<CR>ZZ

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#120 Andrey A. Ugolnik / andreyugolnik - Score: 33 - 01/19/11 @ 19:46 
:%s!^!\=7-line(".").". "!|sort<CR>ZZ

andreyugolnik: Not mine solution. Even more i can't understund how this works.

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#121 William Dunand / wdunand - Score: 33 - 11/28/11 @ 08:34 
:g/./m0<CR>:%s/^/\=line(".").". "<CR>ZZ

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#122 You-Siang Lin / yslinnctu - Score: 33 - 12/02/11 @ 11:39 
<C-V>GI6. <Esc>jr5jr4jr3jr2jr1Vgg:sort<CR>ZZ

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#123 Al / 96258 - Score: 33 - 12/14/11 @ 16:31 
:g/^/m0<NL>qqI<C-R>=line(".")<NL>. <Esc>jq5@qZZ

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#124 Xavier Nayrac / lkdjiin - Score: 33 - 12/30/11 @ 15:46 
:g/./m0<CR>qaI<C-R>=line('.')<CR>. <Esc>jq5@aZZ

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#125 akira_simpson / akira_simpson - Score: 33 - 01/31/12 @ 18:18 
<C-V>GI6. <Esc>jr5jr4jr3jr2jr1Vgg:sort<CR>ZZ

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#126 Dan Huang / yuzeh - Score: 33 - 02/16/12 @ 00:10 
<C-V>GI6. <Esc>jr5jr4jr3jr2jr1Vgg:sort<CR>ZZ

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#127 Melvin Cheung / MelvinCheung - Score: 33 - 05/24/17 @ 15:50 
:%s!^!\=7-line(".").". "!|sort<CR>ZZ

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#128 Tom Duijf / tomduijf - Score: 34 - 02/12/11 @ 18:02 
<C-V>GI6. <Esc><Down>R5<Down><Left>4<Down><Left>3<Down><Left>2<Down><Left>1<Esc>Vgg:sort<CR>ZZ

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#129 Raul Brito / raulbrito - Score: 34 - 06/16/11 @ 09:30 
<C-V>GI6. <Esc>jr5jr4jr3jr2jr1<C-V>gg<End>:sort<CR>ZZ

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#130  Ikhsan Maulana / ixandidu - Score: 35 - 12/31/10 @ 16:46 
:g/^/m0<CR><C-V>GI. <Esc>:%s/^/\=line('.')<CR><C-Z>ZZ

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#131 yamasita taisuke / yaasita - Score: 35 - 07/12/14 @ 05:07 
<C-V>GI1. <Esc>:5<CR>qajylk"_xP<C-A>kq4@a:%sort<CR>ZZ

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#132 Joe Hassick / jhassick - Score: 36 - 12/31/10 @ 18:22 
:g/^/m0<CR>i1. <Esc>qav^yjP^<C-A>q4@a<C-V>kkkA. <Esc>ZZ

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#133 Nicolas Friedli / NicolasFriedli - Score: 36 - 10/28/12 @ 19:11 
i6<Down><Left><Up><Esc>u<C-V>GI6. <Esc>jr5jr4jr3jr2jr1:sor<CR>ZZ

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#134 woodspock / woodspock - Score: 37 - 12/31/10 @ 18:48 
ddGpggdd<k4>jPggdd<k3>jpuPggddjpkddkPZZ

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#135 Joel Taylor / joelteon_ - Score: 39 - 12/31/10 @ 23:42 
:g/^/m0<CR>:^<BS>%s/^/l<BS>\=line"<BS>(".").". "<CR>ZZ

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#136 Antoine Hérault / Herzult - Score: 39 - 01/03/11 @ 22:14 
<C-V>jjjjjjjjjI1. <Esc>r6jr5jr4jr3jr2:%sort<CR>:x<CR>

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#137 solsTiCe d'Hiver / solstice_dhiver - Score: 40 - 01/01/11 @ 21:11 
:sort! /.*/<CR><C-V><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down>I1. <Esc><Down>r2jr3jr4jr5jr6ZZ

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#138 Toto l'haricot / nico_le_terribl - Score: 43 - 01/09/11 @ 18:58 
I6. <Esc><Down>.<Down>.<Down>.<Up><Down><Down>.<Down>.05<C-X><Up>4<C-X><Up>3<C-X><Up>2.<Up>.r5:sor nu|x<CR>

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#139 David E Smith / david3smith - Score: 45 - 12/31/10 @ 19:28 
:g/%/<BS><BS>^/m0<CR>:%s/^/\=line(.<BS>'.').'. '<CR>ZZ

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#140 Joshua Flanagan / jflanagan - Score: 46 - 01/01/11 @ 00:01 
:g/^/m0<CR>i1. <Esc>j^i2. <Esc>j^.^<C-A>j.i4. <Esc>j^.^<C-A>j.i6. <Esc>ZZ

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#141 libicocco / libicocco - Score: 50 - 12/31/10 @ 19:08 
:%s/^/1. <CR>Vkkdr4ggr6Pr3ddr2pjddggPjjjddr5pjdd4GPZZ

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#142 Jan B. / bracki - Score: 55 - 01/03/11 @ 16:52 
:g/./m0<CR><C-V><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down>I1. <Esc>j<C-A>j<C-A><C-A>j<C-A><C-A><C-A>j<C-A><C-A><C-A><C-A>j<C-A><C-A><C-A><C-A><C-A><Esc>:x<CR>

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#143 Oliver Christ / 0liverChrist - Score: 57 - 10/16/13 @ 21:36 
ddGpkddggPjddjjpkddkkPjddp:%s/^/\=line"(<BS><BS>(".").",<BS>. "<CR>ZZ

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#144 neleai / enlaei - Score: 78 - 12/31/10 @ 21:49 
dd<Down><Down><Down><Down>p<Up>dd<Up><Up><Up><Up>pdd<Home><Up>p<Up>dd<Down><Down><Down>p<Up>dd<Up><Up><Up>p<Down>ddp<Up><Up><Up><Up>i1. <Down><Home>2. <Down><Home>3. <Down><Home>4. <Down><Home>5.,<BS> <Down><Home>6. <Esc>:wq<CR>

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