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messages appearing when not desired
I have SSH access to a CentOS box and I have a strange behavior of that box, I have never seen before.
Lets say I am editing a file with vi or displaying tail -f of a file. Every time the server has ...
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xargs and vi - “Input is not from a terminal”
I have about 10 php.ini files on my system, located all over the place, and I wanted to quickly browse through them. I tried this command:
locate php.ini | xargs vi
But vi warns me Input is not ...
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Using VI to edit shell commands in UNIX
I used to have a co-worker who was really good at UNIX.
He showed me how to use Vi to edit my shell commands.
He placed the command in a file that ran every time I logged in.
Since then, I've ...
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console space eaten up by file contents
see the example below to understand my problem ; consider my console prompt look like this
user@server $ ls
"I opened a file temp"
user@server $ vi temp
"temp will open in the same window, when I ...
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Vi mode in other console programs
I quite like the Vi mode of bash. Is there any way to make it work in other programs (gnuplot for instance)?
EDIT: As Shawn suggested below, configuring .inputrc and using rlwrap -a -c gnuplot gives ...
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delete line in vi
How can I delete a line in VI?
Here what I am doing right now:
Open up the terminal alt + ctrl + t
vi a.txt
I move my cursor to the line which I wan to delete, then what key-combination is should ...
