.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt ep 1
.Os
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.Sh NAME
.Nm ep
.Nd edit pipe
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
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.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!
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.Sh AUTHORS
.Pp
.Nm
is written by John Ankarström
.Aq Mt john (at) ankarstrom.se .