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Re: question: how to run posix shells at the $

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From: Framstag
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 14:55
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In <1992Jul29.125503.202149@uctvax.uct.ac.za> bbbbre01@uctvax.uct.ac.za writes:

> There was a posting a short while back on how to run the 'vi'
> editor from the $ prompt using POSIX.  I've lost the posting
> and in my blunderings only get "error parsing ...".
> Could someone please mail me how to run POSIX commands at the 
> DCL prompt (vi in particular)
>

$ posix posix$bin:vi. login.com


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From: ORAKEL@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Framstag)
Subject: Re: question: how to run posix shells at the $
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