VIM - running a shell command fails within a macro
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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?
vim shell macros
asked Nov 23 at 11:28
Simon Brahan
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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?
vim shell macros
asked Nov 23 at 11:28
Simon Brahan
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up vote
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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?
vim shell macros
asked Nov 23 at 11:28
Simon Brahan
1112
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?
vim shell macros
vim shell macros
asked Nov 23 at 11:28
Simon Brahan
1112
asked Nov 23 at 11:28
Simon Brahan
1112
asked Nov 23 at 11:28
Simon Brahan
1112
asked Nov 23 at 11:28
Simon Brahan
1112
asked Nov 23 at 11:28
Simon Brahan
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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.
answered Nov 23 at 14:00
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
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.
answered Nov 23 at 14:00
Simon Brahan
1112
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
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.
answered Nov 23 at 14:00
Simon Brahan
1112
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
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.
answered Nov 23 at 14:00
Simon Brahan
1112
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.
answered Nov 23 at 14:00
Simon Brahan
1112
answered Nov 23 at 14:00
Simon Brahan
1112
answered Nov 23 at 14:00
Simon Brahan
1112
answered Nov 23 at 14:00
Simon Brahan
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