vim.md

formater.md

VIM allows execute external commands and replace neccessary line/block with the command output.

• :. - current line
• :% - full buffer
• :1,10 - line range
• :'<,'> - visually selected block

Format JSON with jq

:.!jq .

XML:

:%!xmllint --format -

Example, parse and sort terraform JSON output:

:%s,\\",",g
:%!jq '.[].environment = ( .[].environment | sort_by(.name) )'