diff --git a/bin/list_components b/bin/list_components
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fe5e865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/list_components
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+
+for comp in $*
+do
+    ( ls ${comp}.h ; ls ${comp}.cpp ; ls ${comp}.t.cpp ) | xargs
+done
diff --git a/bin/vic b/bin/vic
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7491928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/vic
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vim `list_components $*`