Michael P. Brininstool wrote:
I always did !!cmd to replace current line with output of cmd (notice no
':'), or :3,5!!cmd to replace lines 3-5 with output of cmd.
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On Behalf Of Les Mikesell
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:28 AM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: vi editor
On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 16:43 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
Inside vi editor when I am in command mode
For Example : If I want to know the hostname or pwd command How do i
execute inside the Vi Editor while editing a file in command mode
Type...
:!pwd or any other shell command
Or, if you would like the output of that command inserted into your text,
use
:r !pwd
or any other command. Oddly, that space before the ! is important.
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Les Mikesell
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!! is the proper way, but you can specify the shell.
!!sh
!!csh
!!bash
etc.
For really geeky guys, write a line of perl script, then:
!!perl
cool stuff.
