On Jan 30, 2:20 am, "Agathoklis D. Hatzimanikas" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, at 08:13 Tony Mechelynck wrote:
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> > On 30/01/09 07:52, WiggyWare wrote:
> > > How would I save the results of an os call/script to a variable? I
> > > would like to execute an os command in vimrc and assign the result to
> > > a variable for use later in vimrc
>
> > > I've tried
> > > let s:myvar = execute '! some os command'
> > > but I get:
> > > E121: Undefined variable: execute
> > > E15: Invalid expression: execute '! ps -f | grep string_with_no_match'
>
> > > Thanks very much in advance!
>
> > (untested)
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> > let s:myvar = system('ps -f | grep string_with_no_match')
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> While Tony's command is correct, you (the user) has to take measures for
> the newline character. Watch this:
>
> let name = system('whoami')
> if name == 'ag' | echo 1 | else | echo 2 | endif
> 2
>
> let name = substitute(system('whoami'), "\n", '', '')
> if name == 'ag' | echo 1 | else | echo 2 | endif
> 1
>
> Regards,
> Ag.
Thanks very much Tom & Tony, and thanks *again* Ag.
What a great forum!
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