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Install vip with Homebrew
Program that provides for interactive editing in a pipeline. Version 19971113 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-14.
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Package summary
Program that provides for interactive editing in a pipeline
Project links
Commands and aliases
- vip
history
Project history and usage
vip is a small Unix pipeline utility by Daniel E. Singer that inserts an interactive editor into a pipeline while still being used syntactically like a filter. The primary surviving project page is a Duke University page last updated on December 17, 1997.
Project history
The project page ties vip to Singer's Toolman work and to an article, 'Toolman Edits Pipes -- Interactively!', published in the October 1997 issue of the USENIX Association's ;login: magazine. The page distributes the Bourne shell script, troff/PostScript man page, and article in HTML, text, PDF, and PostScript forms.
How it is used
vip's historical use case is classic Unix shell composition: place it in a pipeline where a normal filter would appear, edit the data interactively, then pass the result downstream. That makes it a small but recognizable member of the family of tools that exploit pipes, $EDITOR-style workflows, and shell filters rather than persistent project state.
Why package nerds care
Its package significance is archival and Unix-philosophy oriented. There is no modern repository or broad adoption trail in the sources found, but the original page and USENIX article make it a source-backed example of late-1990s command-line experimentation around interactive filters.
Timeline
- 1997-10: The USENIX ;login: article about vip appeared.
- 1997-12-17: The Duke-hosted vip home page records its last update.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
vip | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version19971113
manager updated2026-07-14
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:vip |
|---|---|
| Version | 19971113 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://users.cs.duke.edu/~des/vip.html |
| Last updated | 2026-07-14T20:07:13+09:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
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