Vim wands

Created: 2022-04-14 22:33

Reference: Integrate Shell Commands Into Vi Workflow

Vim wands allow to send the current line or section to a shell command and replace that with the command’s output.

!!<bash>                   # line
!}<bash>.                  # section
!:<lineafter><enter><bash> # from current line to <lineafter>

Examples §

Formatting JSON with jq §

Having the cursor in the following line:

{"foo": "bar", "baz": [1,2,3]}

Send line to jq: !!jq. Which will replace it with:

{
  "foo": "bar",
  "baz": [1,2,3]
}