Re: Passing current line number to shell command

On 2017-03-19 03:51, Honggyu Kim wrote:
> I would like to ask a question regarding getting the current line
> number. I can get it as follows:
>
> :echo line(',')
>
> It works fine but my question is in command execution with '!' in
> the front.
>
> :!echo line('.')
>
> But "line" is not interpreted before going to shell and makes an
> error.
>
> Can anyone give me some guide how I can pass the current line
> number to shell?

You can either pass it as an environment variable as h_east suggests,
or you can hard code it into the command you're running via a vim
"exec" command:

:exec '!echo '.line('.')

Depending on your use case (and how much you need to reuse it) in
your command, one might be easier than the other.

-tim



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