vipe Command Examples
Run a text editor in the middle of a UNIX pipeline. More information: https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/.
- Edit the output of
command1
before piping it intocommand2
:
{{command1}} | vipe | {{command2}}
- Buffer the output of
command1
in a temporary file with the specified file extension in order to aid syntax highlighting:
{{command1}} | vipe --suffix {{json}} | {{command2}}
- Use the specified text editor:
{{command1}} | EDITOR={{vim}} vipe | {{command2}}