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Re: OT: xargs & vi



also sprach dman <dsh8290@rit.edu> [2002.01.09.0231 +0100]:
> | echo .muttrc | vim - 
> 
> ls .muttrc | xargs vim

aha, the '-' is the problem.

> I didn't think that would work (once I straightened out my
> understanding of the stdin stuff), but it does.

yeah, it surprises me too... oh well. vim seems to be smart...

so, to close this thread: find . -name Root | vim

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