From 58b9f95e00d4524c1ac7d994365e65b96cde5a8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Jones Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:29:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for the 'edit' and 'echo' commands. --- guestfish.pod | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/guestfish.pod b/guestfish.pod index 0e9967f..746922f 100644 --- a/guestfish.pod +++ b/guestfish.pod @@ -234,6 +234,26 @@ number of 512 byte sectors =back +=head2 echo + + echo [params ...] + +This echos the parameters to the terminal. + +=head2 edit | vi | emacs + + edit filename + +This is used to edit a file. It downloads the file, edits it +locally using your editor, then uploads the result. + +The editor is C<$EDITOR>. However if you use the alternate +commands C or C you will get those corresponding +editors. + +NOTE: This will not work reliably for large files +(> 2 MB) or binary files containing \0 bytes. + @ACTIONS@ =head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES @@ -261,6 +281,11 @@ used. If compiled with GNU readline support, then the command history is saved in C<$HOME/.guestfish> +=item EDITOR + +The C command uses C<$EDITOR> as the editor. If not +set, it uses C. + =back =head1 SEE ALSO -- 1.8.3.1