 Tip #40: Insert a file
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March 8, 2001 7:25 |
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To insert the contents of a file (or the output of a system command)
into the current buffer, use the r[ead] command:
Examples:
:r foo.txt inserts the file foo.txt below the cursor
:0r foo.txt inserts the file foo.txt above the first line
:r !ls inserts a listing of your directory below the cursor
:$r !pwd inserts the current working directory below the last line
For more information about the r[ead] command refer to:
:help read
See also:
:help cmdline-ranges
:help !cmd
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Additional Notes
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[email protected],
July 16, 2002 19:05
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Don't know the path to perl (for #!/.../perl)?
:r!which perl
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[email protected],
November 2, 2006 4:22
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Thanks, I now no longer need to use "append system" code in my scripts. I used to use code like
call append(line("."), system(l:cmd))
"And because this puts the entire results of the system command on a single line separated by ^@, I need to split the lines up.
silent! exec "%s/\<CR>/\<CR>/g"
silent! exec "%s/\<NL>/\<CR>/g"
The worst thing was when the results were really large (try running %s on a single 6Mb line... not pleasant)
I can now just use
exec "r !".l:cmd
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