--- date: 2021-03-14T15:23 tags: - vim --- # `:read` allows piping shell stdout into a buffer ```vim :read !ls ``` for example: ``` 041a1acc.md 56653cb1.md 73dcbcc7.md 82ded935.md 9227847e.md 92598822.md 96fc3093.md 9b74f625.md 9db45ab6.md aab45963.md acc60422.md b364352b.md b926d9bd.md c4e96daf.md d2e178e0.md da69e0f5.md dc879f80.md ec21e3f5.md ec672cb5.md fa6a31b4.md index.md neuron.dhall static ```