On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 09:59:56PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: | also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.08.2146 +0100]: | > Other people have explained what happened, but not how to get where | > you want to be. For vim, at least, | > | > find . -name Root | xargs vi - | > | > Tell vim to read data from stdin and commands from stderr. This is | > also useful to stick the output of a command into a buffer or to use | > vim as a pager. | | sure, that will read the output of the find command into vi, iff you | actually omit the xargs.
Yeah, but you didn't omit xargs :-). | however, i wanted to open all files returned by the find command, which | works, even though vi was complaining... | | thanks though! You're welcome. -D -- Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. Proverbs 16:20