vi can't handle ":! cmd %"

[william.tw0mey]

Re: Message-ID: <1990Nov27.210425.25747 at cbnewsj.att.com>

For those of you that have replied to me, thanks.
Let me clarify my post, I am editing an existing file.

>From within vi the following can happen
:!echo % | od -c
0000000   f   o   o   .   c  \n
	346 357 357 256 343 012

Does ksh NOT have a convention that vi and other shells use?

Thanks,
Bill Twomey, cbnewsj!btwomey attmail!btwomey journey!btwomey