Use Specified Text Editor In Pipeline

Command1 command syntax to use specified text editor in pipeline. Copyable examples, output expectations, and common mistakes.

Terminal

<command1> | EDITOR=<vim> vipe | <command2>

<command1> | EDITOR=<vim> vipe | <command2>

#!/bin/bash

# Use Specified Text Editor In Pipeline
{{command1}} | EDITOR={{vim}} vipe | {{command2}}

Command Builder

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Generated Command

<command1> | EDITOR=<vim> vipe | <command2>

Command Breakdown

<command1>: Base Command; The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Command1 before the shell applies any redirect operators.
<command1>: command1; The value supplied for command1.
<vim>: vim; The value supplied for vim.
<command2>: command2; The value supplied for command2.

Alternative Approaches

Alternative tools that share the "process-text" operation intent.