question on vi or ex

[Ed Kwan_2]

How can I get vi to execute multiple commands at startup ?
Ex. vi +"2,5w newfile" oldfile

But I also want to quit after it writes the newfile.

My objective is to write out some portion of a file.

Thanks, Ed

[harry d brown jr]

PIPE:

vi +"2,5w newfil|q" a

live free or die
harry

[Ed Kwan_2]

It works but I have to use

vi +"2,5w! newfile|q" a

otherwise, it gives me an error about newfile already exists even though it is not.

Thank for the help.