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d2fe13 David Marsh 2026-04-23 02:43:17
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# 2008-09-07 Just Found This Handy Vi Tip
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Sick of `:wq`ing your shell/perl script in [vi] just to run it and then opening it again to fix a bug?
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You can run it straight from vi by writing to the shell escape:
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```
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:w !ksh
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:w !perl
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```
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etc...
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Handy because it will leave you on the line that you are currently working on.
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*pip pip!*
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[vi]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi