[SOLVED] vim run perl script with word under cursor as argument

Issue

is it possible to send the word under the cursor to a perl script by typing a shortcut?

how do i do that?

Solution

Above solutions are not safe if word under cursor contains special characters. You should use

nnoremap <F2> :execute "!/path/to/script.pl ".shellescape(expand("<cword>"), 1)<CR>

instead.

For the whole line, replace expand("<cword>") with getline('.'). For the filename under cursor use expand("<cfile>").

Answered By – ZyX

Answer Checked By – Katrina (BugsFixing Volunteer)