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From: dlp@gistdev.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: why does -vi- set the hi bit when e
Message-ID: <8700002@gistdev>
Date: 3 Jan 89 21:18:00 GMT
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Nf-From: gistdev.UUCP!dlp    Jan  3 15:18:00 1989



=> oglvee.UUCP!norm says:
=>     I am editing a file with vi (say `file.c'), and I want to
=> print it without leaving the editor, so I escape to the command
=> line by hitting `:' and I type `` :!lp % ''.

Just out of curiousity, why don't you just `` :w !lp '' ?  I assume
your `lp` reads stdin if there are no filename arguments.