"Original vi" (like if you're stuck on Solaris or AIX or have to move between systems a lot) seems to choke on that syntax.
My suggestion even works on my ancient 4.3BSD MicroVAX and the Celerity 5xx. 8-) Doesn't work on the Apollos, though. Then again, *nothing* normal works on the Apollo...8-) -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
