Re: Execute command and insert its standard output at the beginning of non-empty line?
On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 at 12:33, Christian Brabandt wrote:
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>
> On Di, 10 Sep 2019, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use wrote:
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have this bash alias:
> > alias my-date='date +"%A %d %B %Y"'
> >
> > and this line in vimrc:
> > set shellcmdflag=-ic
> >
> > I want to insert (prepend) a timestamp at the beginning of a non-empty
> > line, without line breaks, but if I type:
> >
> > :r !my-date
>
> :r reads the output of your command and puts it below the current line.
>
> > this will print the timestamp on the next line, that is the line below
> > the cursor.
> >
> > Is there a way to achieve what I want?
>
> use strftime() together with Ctrl-R in insert mode. See the example in
> the faq: https://vimhelp.org/vim_faq.txt.html#faq-21.4
>
Many thanks Christian, this is exactly what I was looking for.
I put this in my .vimrc:
iabbrev mydate =strftime("%A %d %B %Y")
and it works like a charm.
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Re: Execute command and insert its standard output at the beginning of non-empty line?
On Di, 10 Sep 2019, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use wrote: > Hi all, > > I have this bash alias: > alias my-date='date +"%A %d %B %Y"' > > and this line in vimrc: > set shellcmdflag=-ic > > I want to insert (prepend) a timestamp at the beginning of a non-empty > line, without line breaks, but if I type: > > :r !my-date :r reads the output of your command and puts it below the current line. > this will print the timestamp on the next line, that is the line below > the cursor. > > Is there a way to achieve what I want? use strftime() together with Ctrl-R in insert mode. See the example in the faq: https://vimhelp.org/vim_faq.txt.html#faq-21.4 Best, Christian -- Lerne Klagen ohne zu Leiden. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20190910113343.GD30959%40256bit.org.
Re: Execute command and insert its standard output at the beginning of non-empty line?
On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 7:32 AM 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use
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Hi all,
I have this bash alias:
alias my-date='date +"%A %d %B %Y"'
and this line in vimrc:
set shellcmdflag=-ic
I want to insert (prepend) a timestamp at the beginning of a non-empty
line, without line breaks, but if I type:
:r !my-date
this will print the timestamp on the next line, that is the line below
the cursor.
Is there a way to achieve what I want?
Thanks
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Ottavio Caruso
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I recently set up a map like this:
map H :exec 'norm i' . system("echo -n 'Chronicle Herald, '") .
system("date +'%A, %B %d, %Y'")
Perhaps you could experiment with that idea?
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