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A vim wrapper that allow you to use it for a pager, man reader, etc.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -eu
cache_file="/tmp/pager.cache"
[[ ! -p "$cache_file" ]] && touch "$cache_file" && trap "rm $cache_file" 0
cat > "$cache_file"
vim -R -c "terminal cat $cache_file"
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rubyDoomsday commented Jun 25, 2025

This is awesome 🥇 , thanks so much. I was having issue reading logs from Spacelift.io. I further simplified the command into an alias in my terminal by adding less() { vim -R --not-a-term -c "terminal cat $@" -c "only" } to my .zshrc profile. :

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