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From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>
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Subject: Re: easy vi question
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970623173859.00a16870@wolf.co.net> from abbott at MPCA at "Jun 23, 97 05:38:59 pm"
To: jabbott@wolf.co.net (abbott at MPCA)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 01:39:30 +0200 (MET DST)
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> If I have a bunch of files in a directory that end in html and I want to
> edit them with vi,
> vi *.html
> will bring up the first one.  Then when I save it, ZZ it tells me that
> there are X more files to edit.....  But how do I get to them?

Enter ``:n''

You may find some docs about vi and ex in /usr/share/doc/usd . Use
zmore(1) to display the *.gz files.  If you have installed the
sources, look for a tutorial in /usr/src/contrib/nvi/docs/tutorial.

Wolfgang
> 
> --ja
> 
>