On Mon, Feb 9, 2015, at 11:17 PM, Luciano ES wrote: > There is this command I like to run a lot: > > :r! sed '/pattern/\!d' /home/luc/db/info.txt > > It used to work fine, but now I get this error: > > fish: Illegal command name "(sed '/pattern/\!d' /home/luc/db/info.txt)" > Standard input: (sed '/pattern/\!d' /home/luc/db/info.txt) > > /tmp/v5pU4gh/0 > > What does it mean? Why am I getting this?
I think I've figured it out. Vim is enclosing the shell command in parentheses. In Bourne Shell the parentheses are a grouping construct that call a subshell. In fish the parentheses have a different incompatible meaning. Vim is depending on Bourne Shell semantics for the external shell. See my other post for how to work around. -- http://www.fastmail.com - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
