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Asked: May 18, 20262026-05-18T08:36:29+00:00 2026-05-18T08:36:29+00:00

Is there a way to set a vim filetype programmatically, so instead of doing

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Is there a way to set a vim filetype programmatically, so instead of doing something like this:

au BufNewFile,BufRead *.dump set filetype=sql

I can do something like this

let g:temp_file_type = 'sql'
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.dump set filetype= g:temp_file_type
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    2026-05-18T08:36:30+00:00Added an answer on May 18, 2026 at 8:36 am

    You can set options with let by prefixing the option name with &. eg:

    let &filetype=g:temp_file_type
    
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