[sf-lug] entering dates in vim text editor

[aaronco36]

Quoting alexkleider <alexkleider at protonmail.com> from [1]
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..... using vim the following:
> > !!date
> > results in the date being inserted.
> > Although the following at the command line:
> > $ date +%c
> > works as expected,
> > within vim
> > !!date +%c
> > results in an error.
>
> :r! date +%c
> /tmp/mutt-linuxmafia-1000-23914-1114c
>
> :r! date +'\%c'
> Mon 16 Nov 2020 03:18:13 PM PST
>
> Wow, pain in the tochis, huh? Some days, I really hate having to always
> worry about weird little shell quoting and escaping problems.
>

Thanks, Rick.  That does the trick...

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Indeed, Rick M's response seems to conform to "What The Customer really 
needed" as per the renown Tree Swing Cartoon of [2]; the so-to-speak 
"Customer" here being Alex K.
Also, K.I.S.S. [3] as opposed to other longer and more tortuous responses 
elsewhere :-\

Additionally, there are the more concise "Using external tools" section of 
the Vim Tips Wiki's webpage 'Insert current date or time' link [4] that 
Steve already posted within [5] as well as the "Command Line Examples: 
Reading and merging/including external text" section of YoLinux.com's 
webpage 'Linux vi and vim editor: Tutorial and advanced features' [6].

-A


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[1]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2020q4/015084.html
[2]https://www.smart-jokes.org/project-tree-swing.png
[3]media.frankwatching.com/app/uploads/2016/09/keep-it-simple-cartoon.jpg
[4]https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Insert_current_date_or_time
[5]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2020q4/015077.html
[6]www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialAdvanced_vi.html
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