Search commandlinefu and view syntax-highlighted results in vim

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; }

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.

Sample Output

$ cmdfu mkfifo vim

# mkfifo - 7 {{{1
+---  3 lines: Share your terminal session real-time ---
+---  3 lines: execute a shell with netcat without -e ---
...

# vim - 25 {{{1
+---  3 lines: vim read stdin ---
+---  3 lines: Search commandlinefu.com and display with VIMs syntax highlighting! ---
...

By: AskApache

2012-02-21 05:43:16

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Depending on your ~/.vimrc it may throw some errors. I added a "-u NONE"-switch to the vim invocation and the "noswf"-option to avoid having a swapfile generated (which won't be deleted when you mess up vim). I like this one. Very conveniently formatted output.

disKoma · 614 weeks ago

@disKoma Nice, I like the noswf. My vimrc is awesome but that's a good idea too. the vim -u NONE will work but will throw an error as its looking for a file. The solution is vim -u /dev/null

AskApache · 614 weeks ago

I updated the function to reflect your suggestions..

AskApache · 614 weeks ago

for ubuntu users is needed the -L option in curl call for the redirected response of commandlinefu .... curl -L -s "commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$1/` ....

horaciod · 612 weeks and 2 days ago

@AskApache Cool. I tried it out, but for quick reading, even with mapped to toggle folds, I decided to stick with mine :)

expelledboy · 603 weeks and 6 days ago

...even with space mapped to toggle folds... didnt know there was formatting rules in comments?

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What do you think?

Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?

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