edit file within adb shell?

[Guest grokit]

hi there,

I'm new to this, but have rooted and flashed my hero. nice work Paul!

for editing files on my HTC Hero, do I have to either revert to sed(1) or pull the file, edit on the PC and then push it back?

I found that within adb shell, vi(1) or simly an "ls" will create some screen output within the Vista CMD box, that won't "honor" the escape sequences like I was within a terminal emulator.

<BR><BR>C:\Android\androidsdk\tools>adb shell ls<BR>←[1;34mcache←[0m				 ←[1;32minit.goldfish.rc←[0m	  ←[1;34msbin←[0m<BR>←[1;34mdata←[0m				  ←[1;32minit.hero.rc←[0m		  ←[1;34msdcard←[0m<BR>←[0;0mdefault.prop←[0m		  ←[1;32minit.rc←[0m			   ←[1;34msqlite_stmt_journals←[0m<BR>←[1;34mdev←[0m				   ←[0;0mlogo.rle←[0m			  ←[1;34msys←[0m<BR>←[1;36metc←[0m				   ←[1;34mproc←[0m				  ←[1;34msystem←[0m<BR>←[1;32minit←[0m				  ←[1;34mroot←[0m<BR><BR>

can I run adb shell in a window that understands those escape sequences? or can I configure my environment so that I can use vi?

I was not yet able to get dropbear running, despite the numerous how-to's I've found. if I could get it running, I would use putty.exe.

thanks for any hints

dan