Question

I just learned that I can run perl scripts on my vim text window by using
:%!/path/to/script
Is there a way to set filter1 = /path/to/script so I only need to type :%!filter1?

Answer 1

You can use cabbrev to create a command-line abbreviation like this:

:cabbrev filter1 /path/to/script

If you the type filter1 followed by a space it will expand to to /path/to/script.
And you can also put the %! into the abbreviation if you only use it in this combination.

Obviously, if you use this filter a lot it might be easier to create a keybinding for this:

map ,f :%!/path/to/script<cr>

This will map ,f to executing your filter…