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diff --git a/bin/exm.sh b/bin/exm.sh
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+# Prevent Vim's ex(1) implementation from clearing the screen
+if [ -t 0 ] ; then
+
+    # Lie to Vim; tell it it's a dumb terminal, and that its required "cm"
+    # feature is invoked with a carriage return.
+    cmd=$(printf 'set t_cm=\r|')
+    set -- -T dumb --cmd "${cmd%|}" "$@"
+fi
+exec ex "$@"