Vim--filter Commands

The command is also called motion

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Filter commands

Information Filtering (filter)

!==>tell vim to performing a filter operation

!5G, from the cursor down 5 lines to execute the filter program (tell the VIM to start filter under cursor and go down 5 lines)

:.,. +4!

: 10,15!sort-I only executes between lines 10th and 15th of the file (sort between line ten to 15)

!! (Filter the current line)

:., $!sort (sort from current line to end)

!! Date, insert current time (insert present date)

A filter is a program this accepts text at standard input, changes it in some

The, and sends it to standard output. can use the commands below to send

Some text through a filter, so, it's replace by the filter output.

Examples of filters is "sort", which sorts lines alphabetically, and

"Indent", which formats C program files (you need a version of the indent that

Works like a filter;  Not all versions does). The ' shell ' option specifies the

Shell Vim uses to execute the filter command (see also the ' Shelltype '

option).  You can repeat the filter commands with ".". Vim does not recognize a

Comment (Starting with ' "') after the":! "command.

:! Directly run an external command in the shell (call any external program)

Vim--filter Commands