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Aprime
Asked: 2020-06-16 04:10:51 +0800 CST

Vim: How to enter a normal editor command in shell before literally oppening

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There is a command option when you run vim to open a file with command-line that i found when i was searching. here it is:

vim "+ normal G" textfile

When you use the command + normal G vim opens the file and presses G in normal mode. I wanted this in my custom script. Now I need to pgdn when I start the file automatically. Its editor command in vim is CTRL+F. I test options like vim "+ normal ^f" textfile and vim "+ normal CTRL-f" textfile but it didn't work. Anyone know how can I state CTRL in it?

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1 Answers

  1. You can use Vim's :execute command, which executes an Ex command from a string, and that allows you to enter a special key using a \<...> inside a double quoted string.

    $ vim '+ execute "normal \<C-f>"' textfile
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