Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!sdcsvax!nosc!humu!uhccux!todd From: todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Mail and vi Message-ID: <709@uhccux.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 16:37:02 EDT Article-I.D.: uhccux.709 Posted: Wed Jul 29 16:37:02 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Aug-87 00:53:26 EDT References: <467@potpourri.UUCP> <581@sol.ARPA> <3816@pyr.gatech.EDU> Reply-To: todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz) Distribution: na Organization: U. of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu) Lines: 17 In article <3816@pyr.gatech.EDU> tad@pyr.UUCP (Tad K. Mannes) writes: > something like the following: > alias sendmail "vi .letter; mail $* < .letter" > This depends on the shell you use but I think this will work > on the c shell (csh). I can't remember is the "$*" is correct Hmm...I think that instead of $* you should use \!* ..todd -- Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Center for Teaching Excellence UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,ucbvax,dcdwest}!sdcsvax!nosc!uhccux!todd ARPA: uhccux!todd@nosc.MIL INTERNET: todd@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU