Multiple Commands per Line

Multiple Commands per Line

You can enter several commands on a single line, if you separate them with semicolons. The maximum command line is 256 characters, and \ is not supported for continuation. If you want to have an HP-UX command or a calculator command in the stack, you should enclose it in parentheses. This prevents Qedit from passing the rest of the line as parameters. For example,

List 5;!find . -name testfile -exec cat {} ; {fails}

List 5;(!find . -name testfile -exec cat {} ;) {works}

If the syntax requires semicolons and parentheses, you have to put the problematic command in a shell script and use it in the command list instead.

Any error causes Qedit to flush the remaining commands in the line.

list 505;add *-1   {list line 505; add just before it}
shut;who

When combining Qedit commands, be certain to use the same quote character in all the commands.

Wrong:

/c7/7"DISPLAY";c\.\\

Right:

/c7/7"DISPLAY";c".""