Question

Thanks to a previous answer, I can test if a file exists using

if !empty(glob("filename"))
  ...
endif

I now want to check if the file filename contains text text.

If possible, I want to do this using native vimscript only, not calling system’s grep etc commands.

Answer 1

if filereadable("filename") && match(readfile("filename"),"text")
   ...
endif

See :help function-list for a high-level overview of vimscript functions.