edit

    edit -- Open an existing file for edit

    p4 edit [ -c changelist# ] [ -t filetype ] file ...

	Open an existing file for edit.  The server notes that the current
	user on the current client has the file opened, and then changes
	the file permission from read-only to read/write.

	If -c changelist# is given, the file is put into the pending
	changelist; the changelist must have been previously created by
	p4 change  Otherwise the file is opened in the 'default'
	(unnumbered) changelist.

	If -t filetype is given the file is explicitly opened as that
	filetype.  Otherwise, the type of the previous revision is reused.
	See 'p4 help filetypes' for a complete list.