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I have bash script which Vim detects as a sh according to :set filetype?. In addition, Vim-script for auto-indention support for shell-scripts(/usr/share/vim/vim74/indent/sh.vim) is also present. However, for example following while loop:

while read -ra line"$line_id"_fields; do
  line_id=$((line_id+1))
done < "$1"

..is auto intended(gg=G) to this:

  while read -ra line"$line_id"_fields; do
line_id=$((line_id+1))
  done < "$1"

What might cause this?

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  • Works for me on Vim 7.4.2143; which version are you using?
    – Martin Tournoij
    Sep 6 '16 at 21:14
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    Make sure, you have :filetype plugin indent on in your .vimrc. Then in your shell script check that :verbose set indentexpr? returns something like this: indentexpr=GetShIndent() Zuletzt gesetzt von /usr/share/vim/vim74/indent/sh.vim
    – Christian Brabandt
    Sep 6 '16 at 21:47
  • @Carpetsmoker I'm using Vim version 7.4.576. @Christian Brabandt Thanks! filetype indent on was missing. Once I added this to my .vimrc file, auto-indention feature works fine. I actually tried that before, but for some reason filetype indent on works only if I set this in my .vimrc file. If I have the bash script open and type filetype indent on(and I can confirm that it is on with filetype command), then auto-indent does not work.
    – Martin
    Sep 12 '16 at 6:46
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As @Christian Brabandt mentioned in his comment, filetype indent on was missing from my .vimrc file.

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