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Enable syntax highlight for Nginx conf file in Vim
#!/bin/bash
#
# Highligh Nginx config file in Vim
# Download syntax highlight
mkdir -p ~/.vim/syntax/
wget http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=19394 -O ~/.vim/syntax/nginx.vim
# Set location of Nginx config file
cat > ~/.vim/filetype.vim <<EOF
au BufRead,BufNewFile /etc/nginx/*,/etc/nginx/conf.d/*,/usr/local/nginx/conf/* if &ft == '' | setfiletype nginx | endif
EOF
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uvwild commented Feb 8, 2022

not sure why its missing, but the standard nginx.conf is not in the filetypes list.
Why would i not use the coloring on any file called nginx.conf?
so i needed
au BufRead,BufNewFile nginx.conf,/etc/nginx/,/etc/nginx/conf.d/,/usr/local/nginx/conf/* if &ft == '' | setfiletype nginx | endif

We use a lot of dockerized / containerized nginx's where the config is never in the standard locations

@jwwb681232
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👍

@AysadKozanoglu
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thanks

@fessacchiotto
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🎉👍🏻

an alternative to filetype.vim file would be having sth like that at the end of nginx config file:

# vi: filetype=nginx

pros: you are not limited to have nginx config in /etc/nginx directory cons: you need to add this modeline to the file

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