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vimp stands for "vim pipe" and can be used to "pipe" filenames into the vim editor
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vimp.sh
#!/bin/sh
xargs bash -c '</dev/tty vim "$@"' ignoredparam
exit 0
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yosske commented Jun 6, 2016 •
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vimp stands for "vim pipe" and can be used to "pipe" filenames into the vim editor.

Example usage:
ls *.sh | vimp

Possible Installation Method (Linux):

Create "vimp" file inside /usr/local/bin, paste code inside file and then run chmod +x vimp to make sure the file is runable.

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