On Tuesday 03 Jun 2008, ashok sezhiyan wrote: > > absolutely - less is much better - it would be more helpful if one > > can edit a file with less - so we need not use 'vi' especially for > > big text files..(sed -i is an option but less is less memory > > intensive) > > You can edit a file using less... just press ' v ' :-)
the v puts the "less" buffer into the editor of your choice vi/emacs/pico etc. (EDITOR variable). Editing capability referenced above is within the "less" tool itself. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
