Execute bash commands from vim with name of current file name and path to file

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I'm trying to do this to save a file without changing the timestamp.

nnoremap <F3> :execute 'silent !file=%:p:h && mtime=$(stat -c %y "%") && vim "%" && touch -d "$mtime" "%" && ~/bin/refresh_safari quick'<CR><CR>

The %:ph:h and % special variables aren't interpolated, however. Is there a way to achieve this?

B.G. · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-05 08:08:23Z

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Why should it, it is a string. What you want is to combine/concat your string with some variables:

'silent !file=' . expand('%:p:h') . ' && mtime ..........

answered Nov 5, 2018 at 8:08

B.G.

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