On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 17:20 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > > 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. > > > > > !! 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. !! is for a single line in the buffer. You can also write the whole buffer to a pipe with: :w !sh or :w !perl or to just test if your perl is valid before saving :w !perl And in this case the space before the ! really is needed. With the :r, is wasn't. And if you would like the output of the program to replace the current contents of the edit buffer 1!G <-go to top, filter, range through end programname <-program to act as filter - for example sort. all the usual range selection methods would work if you don't want to pass the whole buffer. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
