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Date: Fri,  9 Jun 2006 17:06:12 +0530
From: "Arvindh Rajesh Tamilmani" <arvindht@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] plan9port's acme - open a file to a desired line number.
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> (echo name file; echo get; echo dot=10) | 9p write acme/new/ctl
>
> But it doesn't work - it says the "dot=" command is ill-formed. What I
> am doing wrong?

The address (10) has to be written to addr and not to ctl file.
To accomplish "B file:10" using acme control files:

	; . $PLAN9/lib/acme.rc
	; newwindow
	; winname /path/to/file
	; winctl get
	; echo -n 10 | winwrite addr
	; winctl 'dot=addr'

Arvindh