Is it possible in vim to read directly into a new buffer?

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I have managed to find many things working in a different direction, but so far I have not had much luck.

I want to be able read

from the command line to a new buffer. I expect to have something like:

:r!tac % | new

and the new buffer will contain the output tac %

Is there a sane way to do this?

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Wayne werner 04 Feb 13 at 19:48

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Wayne werner · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-04T20:13:00+0000

Ahah - It turns out to be used #

, which I think is the last used buffer (?)

:enew | r!tac #

Will read the output tac <current buffer>

into a new buffer.