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I'd like to select some text in vim and then execute it in bash. I know of the following procedure:
- select text using
V
orv
:!!
However, this replaces the selection with the output of the command. What if I don't want that?
12
I'd like to select some text in vim and then execute it in bash. I know of the following procedure:
V
or v
:!!
However, this replaces the selection with the output of the command. What if I don't want that?
20
Type the :w
command like this:
:w !command
As you type it, it will appear like this:
:'<,'>w !command
See
:help :w_c
5
In vim 8.0, you can select a range of lines and run :terminal bash
. This will open a terminal running bash
with your selection as stdin.
:terminal node
, :terminal ruby
, :terminal python
seem to work nicely as well.
3This is correct, but take care not to do
:w! command
by mistake. If command is a program you have write access to, it'll overwrite the program, and you won't be able to undo the change since that wasn't the buffer that was open. – Ray – 2016-10-12T19:26:29.433