On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Girish Venkatachalam <
[email protected]> wrote:

> $ find /etc | xargs vi
>
> is a simple way to edit all files under /etc recursively including
> directories. This is better.
>
> $ find /etc -type f | xargs vi
>
>
Looks like there is a limit on the number of files this could open. I tried
it with 32, and it bonked.

Also, when i tried it with 5 files(txt), my cmd line got screwed up - as in,
the keymaps werent working - up, down arrows were not responding. (is this
only me or reproducible?)

-V-
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