Unix Tip: EDIT RUN EDIT

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Unix Tip 2893 - January 7, 2010

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EDIT RUN EDIT

Here is a simple script that will edit a file, run it and edit it again. This is useful when you're doing alot of testing against a script.

Replace "file" with the name of the script.

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while [ 1 ]
do
vi file
clear; echo
chmod 755 file
./file
echo; echo -n "[pause] "
read pause
done

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