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I have created some indentation commands like set shiftwidth=4 set autoindentset shiftwidth=4, set autoindent and so on.... in my .vimrc file atin my home folder and I'm able to get new files autoindentedauto-indented happily.
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What I want to know is if there is some script or way to indent existing file as per a particulatparticular indentation (say indentation script written by me (.vimrc) or default indentation standard for a particular extension that vim is intelligent enough to do.... ) 

The existing file has no consistent indentation used. Hope the question is clear.

I have created some indentation commands like set shiftwidth=4 set autoindent and so on.... in .vimrc file at home folder and able to get new files autoindented happily.
What I want to know is some script or way to indent existing file as per a particulat indentation (say indentation script written by me (.vimrc) or default indentation standard for a particular extension that vim is intelligent enough to do.... ) The existing file has no consistent indentation used. Hope the question is clear.

I have created some indentation commands like set shiftwidth=4, set autoindent and so on.... in my .vimrc file in my home folder and I'm able to get new files auto-indented happily.

What I want to know is if there is some script or way to indent existing file as per a particular indentation (say indentation script written by me (.vimrc) or default indentation standard for a particular extension that vim is intelligent enough to do.... ) 

The existing file has no consistent indentation used. Hope the question is clear.

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indent an existing unindented file as per some indentation commands supposedly written for autoindenting new files

I have created some indentation commands like set shiftwidth=4 set autoindent and so on.... in .vimrc file at home folder and able to get new files autoindented happily.
What I want to know is some script or way to indent existing file as per a particulat indentation (say indentation script written by me (.vimrc) or default indentation standard for a particular extension that vim is intelligent enough to do.... ) The existing file has no consistent indentation used. Hope the question is clear.