Re: write to a separate file via an external filter

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



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