On 2014-10-07 15:58, David Fishburn wrote: > 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.
It sounds like you're looking for :help :w_c so you'd do :w !sort > output_vim_doesnt_load_in_a_buffer.txt NOTE: the space before the "!" is important...otherwise it gets seen as ":w!" which means something else. -tim -- -- 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.
