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47 lines
445 B
Markdown
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date: 2021-03-14T15:48
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tags:
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- vim
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---
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# specifying a range when running a `!` shell command filters
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Specifying a range when running a `!` shell command filters the range through
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the specified shell command by piping the range's content into the shell
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command via stdin and replacing the range with the shell command's stdout.
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Running
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```vim
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:1,10!sort -r
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```
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on
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```
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```
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results in:
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```
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```
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