Vim 7.4.446 Windows 7 32 bit In an autocmd (BufWritePost) I would like to create a new file and pass the contents of the current file through some OS program (like sort for example).
So consider I have this file: :e dave.txt 3 2 1 Now, when I press :w My BufWritePost event fires. In that event I want to create: dave.txt.post And I want to send the contents of dave.txt through some external program (I will sort in this example since it exists on all platforms, I do not actually want to sort the output or I would use sort() ). >From a terminal I would do something like this to give you the idea I want: sort < dave.txt >dave.txt.post I don't really want to open this file in a Vim buffer, I just want to write the contents of the file (currently open in Vim) through some external program and into a new filename. This is allows me to send the contents of the current buffer through an external filter, but then I have modified my current buffer (which I do not want). %!sort I thought this would be closer: %!sort>dave.txt.post But it does not create dave.txt.post I assume there is a way to do this, just can't get the syntax correct. Thanks, David -- -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
