vipe

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Run a text editor in the middle of a UNIX pipeline.

Examples (3)

Edit the output of `command1` before piping it into `command2`

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