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passing a filename to vi ??

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Hi does anyone know how to pass a filename to vi?? what i mean is, i have some script that calls various different files based on user selection. and i want the user to be able edit these files in vi while the script still runs. does this make any sense to anyone? and does anyone know how to do this? ta

Name: WilliamRobertson
Date: December 3, 2003 at 07:59:23 Pacific

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What's wrong with vi $filename or vi $filelist where $filelist is "file1 file2 file3"?

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the simplest solution is always the best thanks - didn't even think of doing that !!

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