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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4252- October  2, 2012
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 Unix Tip #4252- October  2, 2012
 
SUSPEND A VI SESSION FOR SHELL  
  
Ever want to run some shell commands while doing a vi edit  
session? Like, "what's the name of that file" I want to use in  
this script I'm making?  
  
Instead of exiting vi; doing the ls filenamepart*, and going  
back into vi, you can from  a vi session:  
  
enter ":", then enter "shell".  
  
This suspends the vi session and gives you a command prompt  
where you can use any shell command. When finished, enter the  
"exit" command and you will be returned to the vi session.  
  
  
This tip generously supported by: cwhenske@gatx.com  
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