Re: Function to pipe data through external command ?

On 2013-12-27 10:35 -0600, tooth pik wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 03:47:17PM +0100, Andre Majorel wrote:
> > Is there a Vim function to filter arbitrary strings through
> > external programs ? Thanks in advance and happy holidays.
>
> absolutely (I (used to) use it every time I run the Reconcile function
> in my bank module)
>
> run
>
> :h complex-change
>
> with attention to :{range}!{cmd} filter

Thanks but :{range}! only filters entire lines from the buffer.
I need something finer grained.

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