Re: vim | insert filename into file

[Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos]

Tim Chase wrote:

:put %

That seems to insert the filename in random place. What if I
want to place it e.g. in the beginning of each line?

It inserts it on the line below where the cursor currently is. You can specify a target (as in

    :30put %

which will put it below line #30)

If you want it at the beginning of each line, you can use my aforementioned suggestion of

    :%s/^/\=expand('%').': '

(which also adds a colon and a space for visualization purposes, but is totally omittable if you want)

-tim

:%s/^/\=expand('%')

works great!

Thank you all