Vim shell
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You can interact with the commandline from vim's command mode.
Piping to Commandline
:w !sh " execute the current file using /bin/sh :w !less " pipe entire file to less :'<,'>!less " pipe visual-selection to less " pipe register '@+' to xclip executable's stdin system('xclip', @+) " pipe register '@+' to xclip (preserving NULLs if binary data) let formatted = getreg('+', 0, 1) + (getregtype('+') isnot# 'v' ? [''] : []) call system('some_command', formatted)
