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From: jim@aubsch.UUCP (Jim Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Aspen ksh (again :-( )
Message-ID: <530@texbell.swbt.com>
Date: 20 Mar 90 05:08:35 GMT
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I had forgotten how many problems I had with this darned thing.  Thanks to
helpful suggestions from people on the net, I have ksh set up so it will spawn
a new Korn shell from 'vi' when I use the ':sh' command, or the :!.  
Unfortunately, in the ':!' process, I use the '%' symbol to get the current
file name.  This is not working.  Somehow, something is being passed to 'ksh'
that it can't handle.  It says the file (command, etc.) can't be found.  If I
type the name in, rather than using the '%', it works OK.  Anyone have any ideas
why 'ksh' can't handle %-substitution, but 'sh' can?
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Jim Hart                            uunet!usm3b2!aubsch!jimh
Dept. of Education                  Phone: 207-784-6431
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