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    Chapter 12. vile—vi Like Emacs > Important Command-Line Arguments

    12.2. Important Command-Line Arguments

    Although vile does not expect to be invoked as either vi or ex, it can be invoked as view, in which case it will treat each file as read-only. Unlike the other clones, it does not have a line-editor mode.

    Here are the important vile command-line arguments:


      

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