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| EnderUNIX tipsMail to My Friend , Home Page[ Shell Scripting ] "SHELL OUTPUT INTO VI" - Ülkü SAYILAN - (2003-12-10 13:40:29) [2971] SHELL OUTPUT INTO VI In VI editor you can get the output of any shell command command inserted into the file you are editing by using: :r! For example: :r!who -r inserts the ouput of the command "who -r" to the file currently being edited. This can be effectively used to copy the contents of a file to the file currently being edited ie, :r!cat /etc/passwd inserts all the contents of the the /etc/passwd to the file currently being edited. Mail to My Friend , Home Page |  |