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Questions about calling external (shell) commands from within Vi or Vim.
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How to execute a shell script from a line in a file with `%` in it
I have a shell script on a line alone in a file which I would like to be able to easily execute from vim. Normally I could simply use Y:!^R", but this particular script has % in it, which is expanded …
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How to execute a shell script from a line in a file with `%` in it
Possible answer derived from https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/10211/8846 - doesn't function in quite the same way, but :.w !fish does send the text to a new shell literally and returns the correct answe …
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How to use the current filename in a shell command?
Konfekt answers at https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/5907#issuecomment-612667235
If the filename does not contain double quotation marks, then "%" will work. Or, if the Vim version is at least 7.4, t …
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How to use the current filename in a shell command?
I would like to run a shell command on the current file - ie, I saved an empty file and would like to delete it. I've found % represents the current filename, but when there are spaces in the filepath …
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