Questions tagged [bash]
BASH is the GNU Bourne Again SHell, the successor to the classic Unix Bourne sh (shell). It's the default shell for various Linux/GNU systems.
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How to run a bash one liner within nvim
I am running the latest version of nvim on the latest version of arch.
I have this bash one liner which works as intended
echo; lpstat -p | sed 's/printer //g' | sed 's/is idle. enabled since.*//g'; ...
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How do I open up a new interactive shell from the command line?
When I run this command from the command line:
taskopen -A c6cb317e
It opens an interactive menu for choosing a file. After making a selection, it then opens a file in vim for editing, or, if the ...
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autocomplite code and insert shebang
Morning Guys,
I want to to add some functions to my vimrc and want to achieve e.g.: type :bang into vim => it adds a shebang into the file. Or when I type class foo:<ENTER> it auto add except ...
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Vim8 && in :terminal's [command]
When running the vim command :!echo A && echo B the result is as expected
A
B
Press ENTER or type command to continue
However when I try to do the same thing with the new integrated terminal ...
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How can I open the last opened file by vim and go to a specific line?
I want a bash function to open the last file opened by vim and goes to a specfic line
I tried
vil()
{
vim -c "normal! '\''0 :$1"
}
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How do I get the line numbers to permanently appear in vim [duplicate]
I keep wanting to customize vim, how do I get the line numbers to show up everytime i open up VIM.
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vimrc, like exec but replaces current process (fork?)
Such as in the following code:
let cpath = getcwd()
let cfile = expand('%')
function Run_file_hopper(cpath, cfile)
silent exec "! . ~/path/somescript.sh" a:cpath a:cfile ...
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Attaching audio spoken word "escape" to Esc key stops escape key escaping to normal mode in nvim. How to fix?
I am running the latest versions of: Arch, nvim, and the Openbox window manager.
I often don't know whether I have actually hit the escape key or not, when exiting another mode to normal mode. If I ...
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"Inappropriate ioctl for device" and "no job control in this shell" bash error
I am getting a bash|1 warning| Inappropriate ioctl for device when Ale runs lint on cpp files with gcc/g++. Using gcc/g++ to compile manually in the terminal works fine. Otherwise the linting of cpp ...
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Retrieving declaration not supported for filetype
I am currently using vim-lsp for bash.
As in https://github.com/bash-lsp/bash-language-server#vim I have added in my ~/.vimrc the followings :
if executable('bash-language-server')
au User lsp_setup ...
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Can I get vim to indent correctly after a here document?
In an account with just an emtpy .vimrc, under Xubuntu 20.04 and vim 8.1, I get strange indentaion after my here document if I reindent with gg=G
I've boiled down an example from some pretty tangled ...
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Is there a filetype in Vim when opening the a file containing output/errors from g++ so that I can see those files with the original coloring?
Sometimes, when faulty outputs from compilations of C++ files/projects are to long, I like to redirect that output to a file, so that I can inspect it side-by-side with each of the offending files in ...
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Cannot Edit ~/.vimrc file without both E297 error and E667 From Appearing
I am SSHing into an Ubuntu machine where I use Bash as the shell. I used to be able to edit my ~/.vimrc file very easily. Now, whenever I try to write to it, I get a warning
E297 write error in swap ...
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How to escape a single quote when passing an ex-mode command from the command line, back to the command line?
Here is the command I'm trying to escape a ' from bash, to vis' to ex-mode, and then back to bash so it can be read into the buffer again:
vi -c 'sp | enew | read ! echo "Use to jump between ...
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How to set the Bash python env and vim python env paths the same?
When I check for python version in vim file, it displays 3.6 whereas it shows python 3.7 when I check from the bash terminal. As a result, when I pip install from the terminal, it installs in the ...
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Open or create a specific Vimwiki page from a command prompt
For opening the index page of my Vimwiki instance, I have the following alias in my ~/.bashrc:
alias vimwiki='vim -c VimwikiIndex'
But how to open a specific Vimwiki page right from a command prompt?
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gvim remove menu and toolbar, but keep original geometry
I start gvim with this entry in .bashrc
alias G='gvim -fg white -bg black -geom 80x45 '
and have in .vimrc
set guioptions=aeik
which works as expected and gives me a gvim that looks like vim in a tty, ...
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Shell syntax highlighting
I've noticed in bash/shell it highlights $(...) in red, for example:
However, if I change the syntax from ft=sh to ft=bash, it does not do this:
What's the reason for this? Am I doing something ...
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Can't search for strings within hidden files with fzf's Rg command in vim
I just installed fzf for my bash terminal and the fzf.vim plugin for vim. I've placed the following code at the bottom of my .bashrc script:
export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND='rg --files --hidden --no-ignore-...
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How to follow while searching regex in vim? [duplicate]
In my previous vim, when i typed /something and after reaching upto so vim started immediately following and with each letter typed i got into new word until i got the perfect. However this following ...
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Vi: how to use bash from the vi command line?
Suppose I have mapped the following function:
noremap <C-F12> :! bash -c "\
git rev-parse --show-toplevel \
| xargs -I {} \
ctags -R --sort=yes --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q {}...
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Open multiple files in custom split layout
I want to open three files file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt in vertical and horizontal split combination, like this:
+-------------------------------+
| | |
| file1.txt | ...
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How to use bash aliases in ftplugin files? [duplicate]
I want to be able to compile and run C++ files directly from inside vim. I have a custom compilation alias gmm defined in ~/.bash_aliases. I do not want to copy it over to my ~/.vim/ftplugin/cpp.vim ...
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vim command mode g++ doesn't pick the bash alias [duplicate]
I have g++ alias defined in my .bashrc file as
alias g++='g++ -Wall -DLOCAL=1'
I am invoking following command from vim command/normal mode to compile a program -
!g++ %
The issue is, this ...
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Shell scripting: A more elegant way to complete then...fi, do...done, case...esac pairs?
The problem
In shell scripting, conditionals and loops don't use curly braces to indicate blocks, but rather special keywords: if [ ... ]; then statements close with fi, while [ ... ]; do statements ...
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Whats the benefit of using :term inside Vim compared to a separate terminal emulator app?
I am using iTerm2, which is working well for me. I've been using VIM for almost 2 years now, with MacVim. Then suddenly I became curious whether my coding experience will improve when I use terminal ...
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How can neovim on Windows be configured to use gitbash as the shell without breaking temp files?
At work I use neovim on Windows, and set the shell to bash using the bash executable that comes with Git for Windows (gitbash), which is in my PATH. The settings in the minimal init.vim pasted below ...
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Use external commands within venv virtual environment
Same question as Use Vim with virtualenv, except for these differences:
I'm using bash, not zsh
using venv, not virtualenv or virtualenvwrapper
I have a keybinding to run the current buffer as a ...
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How to restart vim from within vim?
Here's how I restart vim:
$ vim
:q
$ vim
Is there a way to restart vim so that there is no need to type the second vim in the shell?
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Cannot sort my bash functions correctly
I'm trying to sort my bash functions inside my .bash_functions file.
Here is what I type :
:g/^function /,/^}$/ s/\n/@@@
:sort /^function /
:%s/@@@/\r/g
EDIT0 : Here is some of the input :
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head isn't included in syntax/sh.vim
head is a common Unix/Linux executable, but it's not listed in the shell syntax highlighting configuration.
In contrast, many common executables are. Specifically, its counterpart, tail, is listed. ...
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Changing PYTHONPATH from inside VIM
Today I was writing code in VIM and wanted to change the PYTHONPATH and so I ran:
:!echo $PYTHONPATH;export PYTHONPATH="/home/oli/git/published_libraries/computer_communication_framework";echo $...
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Using a login shell only for the :term command
I'm on MacOS, so basically all terminals are login terminals for me which source my bash_profile and load everything I need.
However, the :term command does not source my bash_profile, I believe ...
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Go to current cursor position when invoking command-line edit mode
If I press v while using either the vi-mode zsh plugin or set -o vi in bash, it opens the line I'm working on in a full vim session. However, this puts my cursor at the beginning at the beginning of ...
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Invalid syntax for a bash file called catalog
I have a file written in bash (with the she-bang) and called "catalog", and the syntax highlighting is incorrect. If I rename the file, the colors become correct.
I have not configured anything in ...
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Run processes in shell while editing in Vim
I am a new Vim user. I can do : :! <some command> in Vim to run a bash command in Linux. After that bash command is executed, I can press Enter to go back to Vim. What happens if the bash ...
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Shell running inside vim windows
Is there a way that a open up a window or buffer, where i can run my bash commands? I thought on something like you know it from VS Code(1). The code windows on the top and a small command prompt on ...
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Change Vim command :terminal so instead of CMD there will open Bash terminal [duplicate]
I am used working on Vim on Linux, where I use tmux + vim to switch between terminal and vim edit quickly. Now I am trying to setup the same on windows 10.
I try to use gVim on Windows 10, but I like ...
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Execute Vim commands from shell
How to execute Vim commands from shell? For ex I want to see man pages of grep command in vim typing command from shell(bash,zsh) command something like:
vim ':Man grep'
Is it possible?
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Why do I get "incompatible error" while opening .sh files using vi in cygwin?
I am very much annoyed by this error:
$ vi abc.sh
Error detected while processing /home/DELL/.virc:
line 1:
E518: Unknown option: incompatible
Press ENTER or type command to continue
/bin/bash: ...
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Why are Vim 8 :term colours with gvim different from those in plain vim :term or bash?
Vim 8 :term colours in gvim happen to be different from those seen in plain vim :term or bash.
How come? How does one obtain the same bash colours in gvim?
EDIT: I have been reading a bit more about ...
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Error when opening shell scripts
I began to get the error
Error detected while processing BufRead Auto commands for "*.sh":
E117: Unknown function: dist#ft#SetFileTypeSH
when I opened shell scripts (*.sh)
I think it happened after ...
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Extended ASCII characters changed upon opening Vim in different shell
Specifically, I have encountered this issue with the lowercase a with an umlaut ä and the lowercase scharfes s ß. Their (extended) ASCII values are 0xDF and 0xE4, respectively:
This can be seen, in ...
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How to run the history search in Vi mode in bash
I want to find the alternative to ctrl+R to search history in bash. I can enable vi mode in bash but I cannot make it search. When I do /search or ?search nothing happens. Is there something more I ...
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Use current filename register in bash command ran from VIM
I'm making a command that runs tests and opens coverage report for the currently opened file.
nnoremap cov :!vendor/phpunit/phpunit/phpunit --coverage-html \
/tmp/coverage/ test/ && google-...
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Bash process substitution on vim command line?
I want to be able to show someone a particular file's undo history in vim, remotely. It's a little complicated, so let me explain one step at a time.
For starters, I can set a custom undofile and ...
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MacVim - doesnt find programs in PATH when running commands using "!"
When I'm using vim in a terminal, it uses the PATH I have set, and I can run programs and scripts located in my ~/bin folder using !
For example
:! some_bash_script.sh
When I try this in MacVim, it ...
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Why all lines dispear after executing the lines on edited file?
vim command.txt
key="123456"
openssl enc -des3 -a -salt -in /tmp/test -k ${key} -out /tmp/test.asc
In vim's command mode :1,2!bash,the file /tmp/test was encrypted into /tmp/test.asc ,but all the ...
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How to customize the color of an HTML output file generated from Git Bash?
I have used the following command in Git Bash to perform a 'vimdiff' for 2 XML files.
vimdiff xml1.xml xml2.xml -c TOhtml -c 'w! result.html' -c 'qa!'
The HTML file which is getting generated is ...
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Vim: error opening files <SNR>62_InitializePythonBuiltin the Python's site module could not be loaded [duplicate]
I have set up vim on a new machine according to Vimlander-2-The-Quickening, but I keep running into the following errors when I open a file in command mode: :e /path/to/file, :vs /path/to/file, or :sp ...
