Paste clipboard is bash or shell scripts with modification.

2010-07-20 1 min read bash Linux
Today I had a issue where I wanted to paste the clipboard to a shell script after removing the spaces. So, I went hunting for a way to do this. Finally I came up with this: sudo yum install xclip Then you can paste the clipboard content using ”xclip -o”. So now the problem is reduced to selecting the required info and doing : xclip -o |sed ’s/ //g’ Continue reading

stop indentation on current file in vim to keep the indentation from copied text.

2009-10-22 1 min read Linux Vim Tips
I have been looking for this for quite some time. Finally found two easy ways to do it: :setlocal noautoindent :setlocal nocindent :setlocal nosmartindent :setlocal indentexpr= Just use the above four commands when the file is already open to stop all the indentation/smart indentation/auto indentation in vim for the current file. If you want to map it then you can use shorthand notations and map it in the .vimrc file. Continue reading