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From: Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc>
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Subject: Re: tin: article stubs one line short
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Joerg Mertens <joerg-mertens@t-online.de> wrote:
>Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> wrote:
>>
>> I love this noise and am glad to meet a vi user online.  Have you
>> noticed that its -c option is documented as if accepting the command
>> after a space: -c <cmd> ? This form does not work for me, and I
>> have to use it without the inervening space: -c<cmd> . Is it an
>> error in the man page, or I am missing someting?
>
>It works here with both the system nvi (OpenBSD) and the nvi from ports.
>The former is version 1.79 and the ports nvi is 2.2.1.
>
>For example:
>
># vi -c '/^$/' file
>
>starts on the first blank line of the file,

Yes, you are right.
I had blundered, by trying -c '+3'.