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@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +.Dd $Mdocdate$ +.Dt ep 1 +.Os +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm ep +.Nd edit pipe +. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +. +.Sh DESCIPTION +.Pp +.Nm +redirects standard input to a temporary file, +opens it in +.Ev EDITOR +(or vi, if none is set) and prints the contents of the (edited) file on standard output. +.Pp +.Nm +can be used as a versatile option selector. +The following sequence is a quick way to delete all lines but the current in vi: +.Dl :.w! +. +.Sh AUTHORS +.Pp +.Nm +is written by John Ankarström +.Aq Mt john (at) ankarstrom.se . |