Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 56fb2e75ccffcc0009026473

One number per line

Just give me the numbers.

Start file

- One number per line -
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2,3,5,7,
11,13,17,
19,23,29,

End file

2
3
5
7
11
13
17
19
23
29

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Your target is 14. I don't think this one will last 24 hours. :)

Hopefully it's a good addition to the challenge set though. Enjoy.

Solutions

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