vim - execute - shell command?

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I want to add a mapping which will visualize the output of a shell command in a new window. the problem is the command is interrupted when moving the cursor to the top of the file.

:execute ":new \| set nonu \| 0r ! ls \| normal! gg"

I figured out that the problem is with the execute command which considers the part from the symbol ! to the rest of it as a shell command (ls | normal! gg) and that's why it shows an error when being executed.

How to prevent that ?

FDinoff · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-10 01:06:13Z

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When a command doesn't accept <bar> to separate the command. The normal way to fix this is wrap the command in a execute which does except bars

:execute ":new \| set nonu \| execute '0r ! ls' \| normal! gg"

answered Jul 10, 2016 at 1:06

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1sloc · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-10 00:47:03Z

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I'm not sure you can pull that off with :execute. But you can use Clam (e.g. :Clam ls) as a basis and edit plugin/clam.vim in order to fire a gg after execution of the shell command.

answered Jul 10, 2016 at 0:47

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