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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To: adrian kok <adriankok2000@yahoo.com.hk>
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On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 03:04:16AM +0800 I heard the voice of
adrian kok, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> My friend puts some words in in.txt eg: 
> 
> xxx
> wq!
> 
> and vi < in.txt 
> 
> then this program in in.txt will automatically do it
> and finally save and exit

With vim, use -s (see manpage).



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