Answer by nullromo for Can you pass specific text within a line to an...
Thanks to @romainl for the help. Here's a solution that uses yanking and seems to work well:y to yank the selection:!echo to start the command<C-r>=escape(substitute(shellescape(getreg('"')),...
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Short answerYou can't. Ex commands are always linewise and there is no way around that.Long answerYou can achieve your goal, though, just not with :help :range! or any other Ex command.You can start...
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BackgroundVim uses ranges to specify which lines should be passed to a command. For example, :5,10 will use lines 5-10, :'a,'b will use the lines between mark a and mark b, and :'<,'> will use...
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