edit-pipe.1

.Dd 2017-08-27
.Dt edit-pipe 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm edit-pipe
.Nd use an editor in a pipeline
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl v
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
command enables an editor to be used in a pipeline, including as a pager.
It depends on
.Xr mktemp 1
which is available at
.Lk http://www.mktemp.org/
if your system does not already have it.  This program was inspired by vipe
of moreutils.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl v
view only, i.e. do not produce output; for the end of a pipeline, in order
to use editor as a pager
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The editor is taken from VISUAL if defined, else EDITOR if defined, else
/usr/bin/editor if there, else /usr/bin/vi if there.
.Sh EXAMPLES
ls |
.Nm
| sort -r
.Pp
man mv |
.Nm
-v
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr vipe 1 ,
.Xr mktemp 1