Re: OT: xargs & vi

["Keith G. Murphy" <keithmur@mindspring.com>]

martin f krafft wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
Not so fast!  Using vim 5.3, I get:

ls my.txt | vim
Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal
Empty buffer
Vim: Error reading input, exiting...
Vim: preserving files...
Vim: Finished.

Also, 
ls my.txt | xargs vim
Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal

Then it looks like it's editing the file, but hoses up my telnet
session, etc.

Is it because I'm telnetted?  I have no idea...