Pipe typable command (#1972)

Co-authored-by: DeviousStoat <devious@stoat.com>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
index d158388f..9a5298bb 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
@@ -1067,6 +1067,16 @@ fn refresh_config(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn pipe(
+    cx: &mut compositor::Context,
+    args: &[Cow<str>],
+    _event: PromptEvent,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    ensure!(!args.is_empty(), "Shell command required");
+    shell(cx, &args.join(" "), &ShellBehavior::Replace);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub const TYPABLE_COMMAND_LIST: &[TypableCommand] = &[
         TypableCommand {
             name: "quit",
@@ -1495,6 +1505,13 @@ pub const TYPABLE_COMMAND_LIST: &[TypableCommand] = &[
             fun: open_config,
             completer: None,
         },
+        TypableCommand {
+            name: "pipe",
+            aliases: &[],
+            doc: "Pipe each selection to the shell command.",
+            fun: pipe,
+            completer: None,
+        },
     ];
 
 pub static TYPABLE_COMMAND_MAP: Lazy<HashMap<&'static str, &'static TypableCommand>> =