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#vim #cmd

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Insert the result of a command to the current file:

# insert result of ls to current file
:r !ls

where

:r --> :r file Read contents of a file to the workspace

! --> ! calls an external process in vim. This can be very useful.

in this case we call ls and put the result to the current workspace

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