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vim some-archive.tar.gz
2012-04-20 02:37:28
User: ktonga
Functions: vim
5

If you vim a compressed file it will list all archive content, then you can pickup any of them for editing and saving. There you have the modified archive without any extra step. It supports many file types such as tar.gz, tgz, zip, etc.

hi! link Comment Ignore
cmdfu(){ local t=~/cmdfu;echo -e "\n# $1 {{{1">>$t;curl -s "commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$1/`echo -n $1|base64`/plaintext"|sed '1,2d;s/^#.*/& {{{2/g'>$t;vim -u /dev/null -c "set ft=sh fdm=marker fdl=1 noswf" -M $t;rm $t; }
2012-02-21 05:43:16
User: AskApache
Functions: echo rm sed vim
5

Here is the full function (got trunctated), which is much better and works for multiple queries.

function cmdfu () {

local t=~/cmdfu;

until [[ -z $1 ]]; do

echo -e "\n# $1 {{{1" >> $t;

curl -s "commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$1/`echo -n $1|base64`/plaintext" | sed '1,2d;s/^#.*/& {{{2/g' | tee -a $t > $t.c;

sed -i "s/^# $1 {/# $1 - `grep -c '^#' $t.c` {/" $t;

shift;

done;

vim -u /dev/null -c "set ft=sh fdm=marker fdl=1 noswf" -M $t;

rm $t $t.c

}

Searches commandlinefu for single/multiple queries and displays syntax-highlighted, folded, and numbered results in vim.

ls | view -
2012-01-04 07:18:44
User: lefada
Functions: ls
Tags: vim
0

view does not enable the buffer because it opens in read-only, so it does the same

ls | vim +'set bt=nowrite' -
cmdfu(){ local TCF="/var/tmp/cmdfu"; echo " Searching..."; curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$(echo "$@" | sed 's/ /-/g')/$(echo -n $@ | base64)/plaintext" --silent > "$TCF"; vim -c "set filetype=sh" -RM "$TCF"; rm "$TCF"; }
:w !diff -u % -
:w!
vim -c'highlight Comment ctermfg=white' my.conf
2011-10-21 00:53:03
User: kev
Functions: vim
Tags: vim
-1

you should choose proper color to make comments invisible.

alias busy='rnd_file=$(find /usr/include -type f -size +5k | sort -R | head -n 1) && vim +$((RANDOM%$(wc -l $rnd_file | cut -f1 -d" "))) $rnd_file'
2011-10-16 00:05:59
User: frntn
Functions: alias cut find head sort vim wc
0

Enhancement for the 'busy' command originally posted by busybee : less chars, no escape issue, and most important it exclude small files ( opening a 5 lines file isn't that persuasive I think ;) )

This makes an alias for a command named 'busy'. The 'busy' command opens a random file in /usr/include to a random line with vim.

:Sex
2011-10-12 17:47:58
User: miguelcnf
3

Open a CLI file explorer by splitting up your screen inside your vim session.

Besides, you probably are never going to forget this one.

command W :execute ':silent w !sudo tee % > /dev/null' | :edit!
2011-10-06 20:37:54
Functions: command tee
Tags: vim sudo tee
6

Calls sudo tee like all the other lines, but also automatically reloads the file.

Optionally you can add

command Wq :execute ':W' | :q

and

command WQ :Wq

to make quitting easier

vim -p `grep -r PATTERN TARGET_DIR | cut -f1 -d: | sort | uniq | xargs echo -n`
:%!sudo tee %
2011-06-17 07:16:23
User: antone
Functions: tee
Tags: vim sudo tee
1

probably just like 1204, but uses tee as a filter (+ I actually understand how this one works)

gvim -u NONE -U NONE
:bufdo %s/foo/bar/ge | up
tac $FILE
printf "g/^/m0\nw\nq"|ed $FILE
alias viaco='task="$(basename "$(pwd)")"; if [ -f "$task.c" ]; then vi -c "set mouse=n" -c "set autoread" -c "vsplit $task.out" -c "split $task.in" -c "wincmd l" -c "wincmd H" $task.c; fi'
2011-05-13 13:35:02
User: yolila
Functions: alias vi
-1

1. Get name of task by task=$(basename "$(pwd)")

2. Check whether "$task.c" exists as a file

3. open "$task.c", "$task.in", "task.out" in vim with such layout.

-------------------------------

|            | $task.in    |

|            |                |

|$task.c  |-----------------|

|            | $task.out  |

|            |                |

-------------------------------

vim `find . -iname '*.php'`
2011-05-11 01:19:28
User: wsams
Functions: vim
0

In this case, we'll be editing every PHP file from the current location down the tree.

You can show all the files in the vim buffer with :buffers which outputs something like,

:buffers

1 %a "./config/config.php" line 1

2 "./lib/ws-php-library.php" line 0

3 "./lib/css.php" line 0

4 "./lib/mysqldb.class.php" line 0

5 "./lib/config.class.php" line 0

6 "./lib/actions.php" line 0

Press ENTER or type command to continue

If you'd like to edit ./lib/mysqldb.class.php for example, enter :b4 anytime you're editing a file. You can switch back and forth.

:%s!^!foo!
find $DIR -name *.php -exec vim -u NONE -c 'set ft=php' -c 'set shiftwidth=4' -c 'set tabstop=4' -c 'set noexpandtab!' -c 'set noet' -c 'retab!' -c 'bufdo! "execute normal gg=G"' -c wq {} \;
2011-04-08 11:42:45
User: ruslan
Functions: find vim
-2

The sample command searches for PHP files replacing tabs with spaces.

-u NONE # don't use vimrc

Instead of

retab!

one may pass

retab! 4

for instance.

Look at this http://susepaste.org/69028693 also

vim -u NONE yourfile
2011-03-29 01:31:10
User: fossilet
Functions: vim
Tags: vim
2

This will skip all initializations. Especially useful when your ~/.vimrc has something wrong.

!!command
2011-03-04 22:34:22
Tags: vim
10

in command mode, navigate your cursor to the line where you want the command output to appear, and hit "!!". No need to enter edit mode or even type a ":" (colon).

alias vim="vim -p"
2010-12-30 22:53:33
User: tommed
Functions: alias
Tags: vim vi tab
8

I always add this to my .profile rc so I can do things like: "vim *.c" and the files are opened in tabs.