How to execute a command inside vim?

Question

I want to run a shell script inside a Vim editor. I heard that it’s possible, but I don’t know.

Command: ./shell.sh inside vim .

Answer 1

There are several ways to do this. The main question: "Do you want to get the result from the script in the file?"

• If you want to get the result in a file:

   :r!./shell.sh 

• If you do not want the output in the file:

   :!./shell.sh 

• If the file contains the line ./shell.sh , you can include the output in the file with:

    !!sh 

• If you have done this before, you have more options.

• If you saved the command in a named buffer, you have a few more options.

• If you want the script to have part of the file (edit buffer) as standard input, you have a huge number of options that you can use in conjunction with any of these mechanisms.

Answer 2

Command prefix with ! . For example, open Vim and write:

 :!ls 

This will execute the ls .

Note that you will need to be in the correct directory in Vim for this to work.