I'm preparing some shellscripts to avoid repetition of some usual tasks. Some of them involve opening a file and then using the :split command in vim.
Is it possible open two files like this from the command line?
Indeed, it is, you can use the vim -o file1 file2 command. In this way vim will show the two files in split view, the first one in the upper section and the second one in the bottom section.
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You can also use
-Ofor vertical splits, and if you omit either flag (and presumably havehiddenset), you will open them in hidden buffers, so you can navigate with:ls,:b <n>and:nextand so on.You can open all your buffers in splits at any time with the best command in Vim:
:vertical ball.Nice, thanks. For thist matter I prefer using horizontal split but sometimes vertical is useful also.