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diff --git a/man/man1/pvi.1df b/man/man1/pvi.1df new file mode 100644 index 00000000..990ea589 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/pvi.1df @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +.TH PED 1df "May 2017" "Manual page for pvi" +.SH NAME +.B pvi +\- stop a pipe for $EDITOR intervention +.SH SYNOPSIS +prog1 | +.B +pvi +| prog2 +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B pvi +saves all its standard input into a temporary file and runs $VISUAL, or vi(1) +if unset, on that file. Once the editor exits, it emits the contents of the +same file (changed or unchanged). This can be used as a way to edit data +manually as it goes through a pipe. +.SH SEE ALSO +pst(1df), ped(1df) +.SH AUTHOR +Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> |