vipe

Run a text editor in the middle of a UNIX pipeline. More information: https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/.

• Edit the output of command1 before piping it into command2:

command1 | vipe | command2

• Buffer the output of command1 in a temporary file with the specified file extension in order to aid syntax highlighting:

command1 | vipe --suffix json | command2

• Use the specified text editor:

command1 | EDITOR=vim vipe | command2