piping output of find to vim

babu198649 · 07-24-2008, 02:16 AM

hi
how to open a file in vim which had been found using find command.

i tried this it does not worked.

Code:

[babu@localhost thread]$ find . -name qthread.h | vi
Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal
Vim: Error reading input, exiting...

jens · 07-24-2008, 02:32 AM

Vi is trying to execute something in your example.

Try it like this:

Code:

vi `find whatever`

babu198649 · 07-24-2008, 02:39 AM

thank u it works,
i want to do the same using pipe .whats wrong with my command.i am sending the output of left hand side command(find) as the input of right hand side command(vi).

jens · 07-24-2008, 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by babu198649

thank u it works,
i want to do the same using pipe .whats wrong with my command.i am sending the output of left hand side command(find) as the input of right hand side command(vi).

You can't (well, not just like that).
Vi itself needs to communicate with a terminal, hence the error you got.

chrism01 · 07-24-2008, 06:25 AM

Tell us what you want to do with the file. As said, vi/vim is an interactive editor. You probably want sed (Stream EDitor).