如何写一个批处理文件来运行VIM命令

Question

I'm trying to write a batch file that will replace a couple of lines in a text file, using vim. Below is what I have for the batch file:

vim toedit.txt  
:10  
:R new value  
:11  
:R new value  
:wq

Executed, it will give a message from vim's point of view:

Swap file "toedit.txt.swp" already exists!  
[O]pen Read-Only, (E)dit anyway, (R)ecover, (D)elete it, (Q)uit, (A)bort:

What is swap file? Anyway, I press D , since it sounds like just a temporary file, then my batch run will stop in vim with the cursor on line 10 in the text file.

Does newline (which is produced by pressing enter) in the batch file function as the user pressing enter to run each command? How do I write up a correct batch file to edit the text file? Thanks.

Answer 1

:help swap-file

Typically, swap file will be on the disk if Vim crashes, or opens a file that is already open by Vim in another process. You can ignore the swap file using the -n switch.

For batch editing, it will be better to use ex , which is the batch version of Vim. However, there is no :R command in vanilla Vim, so I can't be sure what you are trying to do; but it would be something like

ex -n toedit.txt +10 +"R new value" +11 +"R new value" +wq