Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 15:58:17 -0400 From: "Richard E. Hawkins" <dochawk@psu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: reading from batch file with ex Message-ID: <200105291958.f4TJwHV35989@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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------- =_aaaaaaaaaa0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <35984.991166297.1@fac13.ds.psu.edu> I am writing a script to make needed modifications to a linux installation file. I want to use ex do some of the editing. According to the man page, ex will read from standard input, but when I create the file "test" ------- =_aaaaaaaaaa0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <35984.991166297.2@fac13.ds.psu.edu> ex fixlinux86 s/^.*$/#!\/compat\/linux\/bin\/sh/ w q and then type "sh test" ex is loaded, but waits for input from the xterm, rather than from remainder of the file. Shouldn't the file be standard input in this context? thanks hawk -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ ------- =_aaaaaaaaaa0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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