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How to remove ^@ character returned by `system()`?
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When I call this function inside vim statusline it returns this nvim^@.weird character, What is the meaning of ^@ in returned value and how to get rid of it?
function! GetEditor()
let s:name = system("echo $EDITOR")
return s:name
endfunction
set statusline+=%0* %GetEditor()
vimscript statusline
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When I call this function inside vim statusline it returns this nvim^@.weird character, What is the meaning of ^@ in returned value and how to get rid of it?
function! GetEditor()
let s:name = system("echo $EDITOR")
return s:name
endfunction
set statusline+=%0* %GetEditor()
vimscript statusline
asked 4 hours ago
John Fred Fadrigalan
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When I call this function inside vim statusline it returns this nvim^@.weird character, What is the meaning of ^@ in returned value and how to get rid of it?
function! GetEditor()
let s:name = system("echo $EDITOR")
return s:name
endfunction
set statusline+=%0* %GetEditor()
vimscript statusline
asked 4 hours ago
John Fred Fadrigalan
326
When I call this function inside vim statusline it returns this nvim^@.weird character, What is the meaning of ^@ in returned value and how to get rid of it?
function! GetEditor()
let s:name = system("echo $EDITOR")
return s:name
endfunction
set statusline+=%0* %GetEditor()
vimscript statusline
vimscript statusline
asked 4 hours ago
John Fred Fadrigalan
326
asked 4 hours ago
John Fred Fadrigalan
326
asked 4 hours ago
John Fred Fadrigalan
326
asked 4 hours ago
John Fred Fadrigalan
326
asked 4 hours ago
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The ^@ is a NUL character, 0x00, which Vim uses in certain cases to store a newline, 0x0a.
Unix commands usually terminate their output with a newline, and the system() function captures that newline in the output of your echo command.
To get rid of that terminating newline, use substitute():
let s:name = substitute(system("echo $EDITOR"), 'n', '', 'g')
That substitute() call replaces newlines ('n') in the output of system() with nothing (''), and does so globally ('g'), i.e., to all newlines in the output of system().
answered 3 hours ago
garyjohn
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Thank you so much! It works now..
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You got an answer already. However, for your specific case, you don't need the system() call, since you want an environment variable to be expanded. In that case you could simply use echo $EDITOR or in case of a function call do:
function! GetEditor()
return $EDITOR
endfunction
Now, suppose you still need a system() function call, because you need to return the output of a system specific command. If you know, the output will only have a simple line (e.g. only one single linebreak), you could simply return the output with the last byte (the linebreak) removed:
return system("yes |head -1")[:-2]
which uses the expr syntax to strip the last byte from the output.
Alternatively, you could make use of the systemlist() function which automatically converts the output of the system command into a vim list, so you do not have to take care of those trailing linebreaks:
return systemlist("echo $EDITOR")
See also the similar answer on superuser
answered 38 mins ago
Christian Brabandt
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
The ^@ is a NUL character, 0x00, which Vim uses in certain cases to store a newline, 0x0a.
Unix commands usually terminate their output with a newline, and the system() function captures that newline in the output of your echo command.
To get rid of that terminating newline, use substitute():
let s:name = substitute(system("echo $EDITOR"), 'n', '', 'g')
That substitute() call replaces newlines ('n') in the output of system() with nothing (''), and does so globally ('g'), i.e., to all newlines in the output of system().
answered 3 hours ago
garyjohn
4,8441015
Thank you so much! It works now..
– John Fred Fadrigalan
2 hours ago
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
The ^@ is a NUL character, 0x00, which Vim uses in certain cases to store a newline, 0x0a.
Unix commands usually terminate their output with a newline, and the system() function captures that newline in the output of your echo command.
To get rid of that terminating newline, use substitute():
let s:name = substitute(system("echo $EDITOR"), 'n', '', 'g')
That substitute() call replaces newlines ('n') in the output of system() with nothing (''), and does so globally ('g'), i.e., to all newlines in the output of system().
answered 3 hours ago
garyjohn
4,8441015
Thank you so much! It works now..
– John Fred Fadrigalan
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
The ^@ is a NUL character, 0x00, which Vim uses in certain cases to store a newline, 0x0a.
Unix commands usually terminate their output with a newline, and the system() function captures that newline in the output of your echo command.
To get rid of that terminating newline, use substitute():
let s:name = substitute(system("echo $EDITOR"), 'n', '', 'g')
That substitute() call replaces newlines ('n') in the output of system() with nothing (''), and does so globally ('g'), i.e., to all newlines in the output of system().
answered 3 hours ago
garyjohn
4,8441015
The ^@ is a NUL character, 0x00, which Vim uses in certain cases to store a newline, 0x0a.
Unix commands usually terminate their output with a newline, and the system() function captures that newline in the output of your echo command.
To get rid of that terminating newline, use substitute():
let s:name = substitute(system("echo $EDITOR"), 'n', '', 'g')
That substitute() call replaces newlines ('n') in the output of system() with nothing (''), and does so globally ('g'), i.e., to all newlines in the output of system().
answered 3 hours ago
garyjohn
4,8441015
answered 3 hours ago
garyjohn
4,8441015
answered 3 hours ago
garyjohn
4,8441015
answered 3 hours ago
garyjohn
4,8441015
4,8441015
Thank you so much! It works now..
– John Fred Fadrigalan
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
Thank you so much! It works now..
– John Fred Fadrigalan
2 hours ago
Thank you so much! It works now..
– John Fred Fadrigalan
2 hours ago
Thank you so much! It works now..
– John Fred Fadrigalan
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
You got an answer already. However, for your specific case, you don't need the system() call, since you want an environment variable to be expanded. In that case you could simply use echo $EDITOR or in case of a function call do:
function! GetEditor()
return $EDITOR
endfunction
Now, suppose you still need a system() function call, because you need to return the output of a system specific command. If you know, the output will only have a simple line (e.g. only one single linebreak), you could simply return the output with the last byte (the linebreak) removed:
return system("yes |head -1")[:-2]
which uses the expr syntax to strip the last byte from the output.
Alternatively, you could make use of the systemlist() function which automatically converts the output of the system command into a vim list, so you do not have to take care of those trailing linebreaks:
return systemlist("echo $EDITOR")
See also the similar answer on superuser
answered 38 mins ago
Christian Brabandt
14.6k2443
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
You got an answer already. However, for your specific case, you don't need the system() call, since you want an environment variable to be expanded. In that case you could simply use echo $EDITOR or in case of a function call do:
function! GetEditor()
return $EDITOR
endfunction
Now, suppose you still need a system() function call, because you need to return the output of a system specific command. If you know, the output will only have a simple line (e.g. only one single linebreak), you could simply return the output with the last byte (the linebreak) removed:
return system("yes |head -1")[:-2]
which uses the expr syntax to strip the last byte from the output.
Alternatively, you could make use of the systemlist() function which automatically converts the output of the system command into a vim list, so you do not have to take care of those trailing linebreaks:
return systemlist("echo $EDITOR")
See also the similar answer on superuser
answered 38 mins ago
Christian Brabandt
14.6k2443
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
You got an answer already. However, for your specific case, you don't need the system() call, since you want an environment variable to be expanded. In that case you could simply use echo $EDITOR or in case of a function call do:
function! GetEditor()
return $EDITOR
endfunction
Now, suppose you still need a system() function call, because you need to return the output of a system specific command. If you know, the output will only have a simple line (e.g. only one single linebreak), you could simply return the output with the last byte (the linebreak) removed:
return system("yes |head -1")[:-2]
which uses the expr syntax to strip the last byte from the output.
Alternatively, you could make use of the systemlist() function which automatically converts the output of the system command into a vim list, so you do not have to take care of those trailing linebreaks:
return systemlist("echo $EDITOR")
See also the similar answer on superuser
answered 38 mins ago
Christian Brabandt
14.6k2443
You got an answer already. However, for your specific case, you don't need the system() call, since you want an environment variable to be expanded. In that case you could simply use echo $EDITOR or in case of a function call do:
function! GetEditor()
return $EDITOR
endfunction
Now, suppose you still need a system() function call, because you need to return the output of a system specific command. If you know, the output will only have a simple line (e.g. only one single linebreak), you could simply return the output with the last byte (the linebreak) removed:
return system("yes |head -1")[:-2]
which uses the expr syntax to strip the last byte from the output.
Alternatively, you could make use of the systemlist() function which automatically converts the output of the system command into a vim list, so you do not have to take care of those trailing linebreaks:
return systemlist("echo $EDITOR")
See also the similar answer on superuser
answered 38 mins ago
Christian Brabandt
14.6k2443
answered 38 mins ago
Christian Brabandt
14.6k2443
answered 38 mins ago
Christian Brabandt
14.6k2443
answered 38 mins ago
Christian Brabandt
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14.6k2443
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