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 system('xclip', @") " pipe register '@"' to xclip executable's stdin " pipe register '@"' to xclip (preserving NULLs if binary data) let formatted = getreg('r', 0, 1) + (getregtype('r') isnot# 'v' ? [''] : []) call system('some_command', formatted)