Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 17:56:21 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do yo do that cool pipe | trick Message-ID: <20010505175621.A457@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20010505133534.30774.qmail@web10907.mail.yahoo.com>; from yh2789@yahoo.com on Sat, May 05, 2001 at 06:35:34AM -0700 References: <20010505133534.30774.qmail@web10907.mail.yahoo.com>
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so, Bill Hickum shared this in my lifetime...
> It doesn't work like I think it's going to.
>
> newgate[/etc]> grep -ls hosts * | vi
> ex/vi: Vi's standard input and output must be a
> terminal
>
[ ... ]
>
> I did the man pipe and man xargs but man pages aren't
> any good unless you don't need them. What kind of
> people write like that.
>
you need:
# grep -l hosts * | xargs vi
[----]
usage of xargs(1) is clearly there in first 2 paragraphs under
DESCRIPTION (and SYNOPSIS).
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