Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· kzhu91

Read command output into vim

I've been familiar with using the read command in vim to read in text from a file. But you can also read in command output!

r ! ls -l .

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Yep that's the power of vim ! completely extensible. I used to r ! which python to write the shebang.

over 1 year ago ·

That is :r! ls -l :)
Also as shebang, please use #!/usr/bin/env python, to make life easier for everybody.

over 1 year ago ·