From 0d9148232346f168de4b4c7d3ef36105f00ccd7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 23:04:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Filter Lines Through An External Program as a vim til.

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@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/).
 - [Create A New File In A New Directory](vim/create-a-new-file-in-a-new-directory.md)
 - [Edges Of The Selection](vim/edges-of-the-selection.md)
 - [End Of The Word](vim/end-of-the-word.md)
+- [Filter Lines Through An External Program](vim/filter-lines-through-an-external-program.md)
 - [Generate and Edit Rails Migration](vim/generate-and-edit-rails-migration.md)
 - [Head of File Name](vim/head-of-file-name.md)
 - [Help For Non-Normal Mode Features](vim/help-for-non-normal-mode-features.md)
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+# Filter Lines Through An External Program
+
+Vim allows you to filter lines from your current buffer through an external
+program. For instance, if you have some ugly looking json that you'd like to
+format in a readable way, you might want to filter it through an external
+json pretty printer program.
+
+To filter the entire file through an external program, use
+
+```
+:%!! <external-program>
+```
+
+Or you can make a visual selection and just filter that
+
+```
+:'<,'>!! <external-program>
+```
+
+See `:h !!` for more details.