MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

ex(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities ex(1)

NAME

ex — text editor

SYNOPSIS

ex [–eRrsvx][–c command][–t tag][–w size][ﬁle ...]

DESCRIPTION

ex is the line-editor mode of the Vi text editor. It supports the following options:

–c command

begins editing by executing the speciﬁed editor command. You can specify multiple

commands by separating them with an or-bar (|). command can be any ex command

except those that enter input mode, such as insert or append.

–e invokes ex. This option is intended for use with Vi.

–r recovers named ﬁles after an editor or system crash.

–R sets read-only mode.

–s suppresses all interactive feedback (quiet mode).

–t tag edits the ﬁle containing the speciﬁed tag and sets the virtual position in the edit buf-

fer to point of deﬁnition for the tag. (see ctags(1))

–v invokes Vi.

–w size sets option variable window equal to size.

–x uses encryption.

For further information, see vi(1).

PORTABILITY

POSIX.2. x/OPEN Portability Guide 4.0. Most UNIX systems.

–x is an extension to the POSIX standard.

See the PORTABILITY section of the vi(1) man page.

MPE/iX NOTES

See vi(1) for the complete list of limitations affecting the current MPE/iX implementation of

ex.