passing commands to vi during call

[hubud]

I have a command alias:
alias lf='vi `ls -rt | tail -1`'

that I use to open up the last run file in a session log directory. 99% of the time I only want to see the last line of it. Is it possible to pass the ":$" command to vi when you open it so it opens down at the bottom straight away.

????

cheers

simmo

 

[PHV]

Have you tried this ?
alias lf='vi +G `ls -rt | tail -1`'
Anyway, man vi

Hope This Help, PH.
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