How to set cursor in editor to pattern given on command line?

[Frantisek Hanzlik]

steve wrote:
> On 11/02/2009 12:58 AM, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> [...snip...]
>> Just something as "+/{pattern}" option in vim editor does.
>>
>> I want offer to (unexperienced) users edit (in shell script) some
>> configuration files, and this should be done with some simple editor
>> (no Emacs or vi). I think e.g. joe or mcedit is simple enough for
>> these users, but joe nor mcedit cann't? probably? solve this demand
>> (joe's command line option for jump to given line number (+nnn) isn't
>> too much useable for this).
>
> This is a fairly common requirement when distributing applications which
> may need config file changes, to inexperienced uses. My approach is
> generally to provide a command rather have the users open an editor, eg:
>
> $ sed -i -e "s/foo = LOOK_FOR/foo = REPLACEMENT/" foo.conf
>
> of course you could precede that with something like ...
>
> """
> ...edit the file in the editor of your choice and change foo = ...
> OR
> execute the commands below ...
> """
>
> hth,
> regards,
> - steve
-- 
Hi Steve,

I agree that variant with sed is in many respects more foolproof than
direct editing, but in my case this isn't practical, as users need to
see (and occasionally change) surrounding text too. Thus, classical
editor is needed...

Regards, Franta