>echo 'r /nonexist-file\nq' | ex > /dev/null 2>&1 > >This works with vim 6.0 and both bash and the Solaris release of 'sh'. >Should 'configure.in' be changed this way to make it work?
When I last tried something like that (in something else), I discovered that "\n" wasn't portable. Perhaps the best thing is something like: cat <<'EOC' | ex > /dev/null 2>&1 r /nonexist-file q EOC or perhaps (echo 'r /nonexist-file'; echo 'q') | ex > /dev/null 2>&1 --Ken
