Shell Function in Vi editor

Shell Functions

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:! cmd	Executes shell command cmd; you can add these special characters to indicate:% name of current file# name of last file edited
!! cmd	Executes shell command cmd, places output in file starting at current line
:!!	Executes last shell command
:r! cmd	Reads and inserts output from cmd
:f file	Renames current file to file
:w !cmd	Sends currently edited file to cmd as standard input and execute cmd
:cd dir	Changes current working directory to dir
:sh	Starts a sub-shell (CTRL-d returns to editor)
:so file	Reads and executes commands in file (file is a shell script)
!Motion_cmd	Sends text from current position to Motion Command to shell command cmd
!}sort	Sorts from current position to end of paragraph and replaces text with sorted text