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Old 07-14-2009
Files search in vi editor
Hi All,

Apologise if I am in the wrong forum,

I am trying to view all files one by one in the vi editor that contain a pattern.

This command work but not sure where to pipe it to use vi editor

find . -name "pattern" -print | xargs -ltr


tnx in advance
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Old 07-14-2009
Please use CODE-tags when posting code, data or logs for better readability. This is not much code but just a good habbit next time Smilie

Code:
vi `find . -name "pattern" -print`

When you are done with one, do a :w to write it and a :n to load the next file.
 
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