Use a VIM VI on an external server to edit local files

Question

Can I use a vi / vim instance on a remote server to edit a local file?

Something line by line:

cat $local_file | ssh -t $remote_server "vim -" > $local_file

[I am using the above code only to simplify and illustrate the intent of the question]

I know I can go the other way and edit the file from remote_server using vim + scp, but I was curious if it could be done in that direction too.

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DismissedAsDrone 14 Mar At 4:40 am

1 answer

Gilles quenot · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-14T04:43:17+0000

You can use this command:

ssh -t remote 'vim scp://root@oldy//etc/resolv.conf'

vim copy the file in local / tmp to file type /tmp/v7MZ6yF/0

in the background.