When you get down to just 3270 access, the sed command is your friend. Do it once to the terminal, if the file isn't too big, and check your results, then use > to put the results into a new file, rename the old, rename the new, and then start the cycle over again...
-- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 8/4/08 5:41 PM, "Ryan McCain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just in text editor hell. Network access was down to to our Linux guest > so I loaded up x3270 and was able to get to the host. I needed to make a > simple edit to a text file when I realized vi doesn't work. DOH! > > Is there an alternative to vi? I was having to echo text into files, grep -v, > etc. etc. > > Thanks.. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
