Re: piping files to vim command line, results in dead screen

[Adam Monsen]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:05:37 +1000, Zenaan Harkness <address@hidden> wrote:
> When I pipe multiple files to vi, via xargs (with a find, may be a cut,
> etc), eg:
> 
> find blah|grep blahh|cut dodah|xargs vi -o

Point of clarification: does this work as you'd expect in
xterm/gnome-terminal/konsole/virtual terminal when screen *isn't*
running? It doesn't for me.

> that works, although vi says "input not from terminal", or may be
> "output" I don't remember, and when I exit the last file from within vi,
> my screen is kind of dead. I can change to other screens, go into copy
> mode, and issue : commands.
> 
> I end up in this sort of copy mode, but it's not, and it's not my bash
> prompt either.
> 
> :break and :reset don't do anything.
> 
> :kill obviously kills the screen, but that's not exactly what I want -
> so, is there a better way?
> 
> tia
> zen
> 
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