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I have a list of items in a file, and I am trying to add an id on the line before each one. The id is generated by an external shell command and added to the buffer:



:r !php _setup/getid/php item | tail -1


This works fine in normal mode. However, when I record a macro containing only the above command and then run it I get the error:



Could not open input file: _set


added to the buffer.



Does anyone know what's happening here?










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    I have a list of items in a file, and I am trying to add an id on the line before each one. The id is generated by an external shell command and added to the buffer:



    :r !php _setup/getid/php item | tail -1


    This works fine in normal mode. However, when I record a macro containing only the above command and then run it I get the error:



    Could not open input file: _set


    added to the buffer.



    Does anyone know what's happening here?










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      I have a list of items in a file, and I am trying to add an id on the line before each one. The id is generated by an external shell command and added to the buffer:



      :r !php _setup/getid/php item | tail -1


      This works fine in normal mode. However, when I record a macro containing only the above command and then run it I get the error:



      Could not open input file: _set


      added to the buffer.



      Does anyone know what's happening here?










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      I have a list of items in a file, and I am trying to add an id on the line before each one. The id is generated by an external shell command and added to the buffer:



      :r !php _setup/getid/php item | tail -1


      This works fine in normal mode. However, when I record a macro containing only the above command and then run it I get the error:



      Could not open input file: _set


      added to the buffer.



      Does anyone know what's happening here?







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          I was using tab completion to get the path to my script, which means the macro - literally just a recording of keystrokes - looked like gibberish.



          Explicitly typing out the shell command resulted in a macro that worked.






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                I was using tab completion to get the path to my script, which means the macro - literally just a recording of keystrokes - looked like gibberish.



                Explicitly typing out the shell command resulted in a macro that worked.






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                I was using tab completion to get the path to my script, which means the macro - literally just a recording of keystrokes - looked like gibberish.



                Explicitly typing out the shell command resulted in a macro that worked.







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