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vimcat(1)

vimcat1

Vim based syntax highlighter

Usage

vimcat some_file

Overview

cat's a file to stdout, syntax-highlighting it using vim as a backend.

On GitHub: <http://github.com/rkitover/vimpager>

To use a different vimrc with vimcat, put your settings into a ~/.vimcatrc.

To disable loading plugins, put "set noloadplugins" into a ~/.vimcatrc file.

Options

-c cmd

Run a vim command after opening the file. Multiple -c arguments are supported.

--cmd cmd

Run a vim command when entering vim before anything else. Multiple --cmd arguments are supported.

-u vimrc

Use an alternate .vimrc or .vimcatrc.

Authors

Abdó Roig-Maranges <[email protected]>.

From vimpager 2.06-7 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.