thanks.
This did it.

Greg

G.D.Thurman wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Greg wrote:
>
>  
>
>>For example a script that would insert a date into a document.
>>
>>    
>>
>+ Press ESC (i.e. make sure 'vi' is not in an insert-mode)
>+ Go to the spot in your file where you want to insert
>  the output of a command.
>+ Execute the command using the 'r'ead command as follows...
>
>:r !date
>
>Example:
>
>I'm using 'vi' right now at
>Thu Jun 27 10:08:49 MST 2002
>
>---
>
>What is  :r !date   ?
>
>Enter into colon  :  mode (also know as 'ed' mode)
>and execute the 'r'ead command followed by ! and
>then a command-line.
>
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