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Learning the vi Editor/vipe
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Vipe - edit pipe
Overview
command | vipe | command
Not really a vi clone, Vipe allows you to run a text editor in the middle of a unix pipeline and edit the data that is being piped between programs. Vipe is part of the moreutils package.
Copyright 2006 by Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> and Licensed under the GNU GPL.
Environment Variables
EDITOR - Editor to use.
VISUAL - Also supported to determine what editor to use.
Resources
moreutils Debian package
moreutils Ubuntu package