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From: mdorion@cmtl01.UUCP (Mario Dorion)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: VI and MAILX (was: Re: question about vi)
Message-ID: <315@cmtl01.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jun 88 13:53:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: cmtl01.315
References: <88@dcs.UUCP> <10650024@hpisod2.HP.COM> <446@happym.UUCP>
Organization: Frisco Bay Industries, Montreal
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[ when entering mail in mailx, ~v at the beginning of a line
  will invoke the editor named in the VISUAL variable.
  Dave Decot suggests this alias: ]
>
>alias mailto 'vi /tmp/mail.$$ && | /usr/bin/mailx \!* < /tmp/mail.$$'
                                                     ^^^

Can someone explane to me what does this \!* mean!


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