vim create new file and insert text on first line

Question

I have the following function which opens a new file in vim but I want to insert a line of text into the first line of the new file.

function journ(){
  datestring=`date +"%Y-%m-%d - %H%M%S - Rx2_Px -"`
  notev $datestring Journal
}

notev calls this function:

function notev() {
    vim "$*.md"
}

I want the first line of the file to read:

# name_of_file

romainl · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-02 09:53:44Z

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You can use the + flag to execute arbitrary Ex commands:

function notev() {
    vim "$*.md" +normal\ i"# $*.md"
}

answered Apr 2, 2017 at 9:53

romainl

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@romaini: that was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

merlin2011 · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-02 09:34:02Z

1

It seems that the easiest solution is to pipe the data to the file and then start vim.

function notev() {
    echo "# $*.md" >> "$*.md"
    vim "$*.md"
}

answered Apr 2, 2017 at 9:34

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