vi editor

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Jun 26 15:28:22 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 16:43 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > 
> > Inside vi editor when I am in command mode
> > 
> > For Example : If I want to know the hostname or pwd command How do i
> > execute
> > inside the Vi Editor while editing a file in command mode
> 
> Type...
> 
> :!pwd   or any other shell command

Or, if you would like the output of that command inserted into
your text, use

:r !pwd

or any other command.  Oddly, that space before the ! is important.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com





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