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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers In vi, any way to prevent :edit from repositioning the screen? Post 302441161 by RickS on Thursday 29th of July 2010 11:36:11 AM
Old 07-29-2010
In vi, any way to prevent :edit from repositioning the screen?

I am working on a project where I need to make many changes to files, both inside and outside of the vi editor. I make small changes manually right in vi, and I have a script that I run from another session that I use to make bigger changes to the files using sed.

After running my script from another session, I go back to my vi session and I refresh the screen by typing ":edit" so I can see the changes. That works; ":edit" does refresh the screen, but it puts me several lines above - or several lines below - where I was.

Any way to refresh without losing my spot?
 

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script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME
script - make record of a terminal session SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [filename] DESCRIPTION
The script utility makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS. The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed. OPTIONS
The following option is supported: -a Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it. NOTES
script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |CSI |Enabled | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
attributes(5) WARNINGS
script can pose a security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script. SunOS 5.11 30 Jan 2004 script(1)
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