Name
open
Synopsis
[address
] o [/pattern
/]
Enter open mode (vi
) at the lines specified by
address, or at the lines matching
pattern. Exit open mode with Q
. Open mode lets you use the regular
vi commands, but only one line
at a time. It can be useful on slow dialup lines (or on very
distant Internet ssh
connections).
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