cal <ESC>!!sh<RETURN> didn't work for me. What did work was: :r ! cal <RETURN> Joel
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 06:29:52PM -0800, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 08:57:53PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: > >The more I learn about vi the better it becomes. > > > Another neat vi tricks session. > > To put the output of any command in your text, type the command > on a line, the press ``!!sh<RETURN>''. > > cal<ESC>!!sh<RETURN> > January 2002 > Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa > 1 2 3 4 5 > 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 > 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 > 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 > 27 28 29 30 31 > > To expand bash shell commands so that they're portable, try > putting echo in front of the command, then do ``!!bash<ENTER>''. > > mkdir /usr/local/{bin,lib,sbin} > converts to this. > mkdir /usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib /usr/local/sbin > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users