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Open vi with a command issue

Solaris 5.8, ksh

I need to open everyone's favorite editor, vi of course, with a command that will place me on a search string at the time of invocation:

Given this data file:

Code:

user1   pts/1        Aug 29 13:22 (10.12.214.101)
user2   pts/2        Aug 29 09:56 (10.12.212.132)
user3   pts/3        Aug 29 12:39 (10.12.212.132)
user4   pts/6        Aug 29 13:29 (10.12.212.117)
user5   pts/5        Aug 28 08:13 (10.12.212.132)
user6   pts/4        Aug 29 13:14 (10.12.212.96)

I want to open vi, with the cursor positioned on the first occurrence of "132" (last number in the second line).

Having a look at the man vipage in the invocation options section:

Code:

 +command | -c  command
           Begin editing by executing the specified  editor  com-
           mand (usually a search or positioning command).

I launch vi like this: $ vi +/132 filename.dat, expecting to end up positioned on the "1" of the first "132". Instead, I end up at the very first column of the row that contains the pattern. So, it seems that the "specified editor command" is not necessarily the same command as you would expect after vi has opened the file (where typing /132 indeed places me on the "132".

Putting double or single quotes around the "132" does not make a difference.

Any ideas? Is there a list of what commands are available when starting vi like this? I cannot seem to find a list.

Thank you,
Gary

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times(1)							   User Commands							  times(1)

NAME

       times - shell built-in function to report time usages of the current shell

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       times

   ksh
       times

DESCRIPTION

   sh
       Print the accumulated user and system times for processes run from the shell.

   ksh
       Print the accumulated user and system times for the shell and for processes run from the shell.

       On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:

	   1.	  Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.

	   2.	  I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.

	   3.	  Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.

	   4.	  Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment, are expanded with the same rules as a
		  variable assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign and word splitting and file  name  genera-
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ATTRIBUTES

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       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
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SEE ALSO

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