chris wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 08:58:14PM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> > vile `cat ^Xe .zot` where .zot contains .bashrc and vile opens .bashrc.
> >
> > ^X = ctrl-V+ctrl-X
> >
> Sadly this won't help me as I'm trying to run this from a panel
> launcher button in [x]ubuntu, thus I can't use any bash, all I can
> have is a plain text command line.
Why can't you just do:
bash -c "vile $(cat .zot)"
Where .zot contains the filename you want to edit? Why do you need
to use "-ce"?
Okay, I see you said "plain text command line". In that case, I
suggest you create a tiny script that does what you need, and call
that from the launcher config.
paul
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