How to write buffer content to stdout?

Question

Is there any chance to write the content of the current vim buffer to stdout?

I\'d like to use vim to edit content that was passed via stdin - without the need of a

Answer 1

You can also use pipe.vim. It does use a temporary file, but at least you don't have to worry about it in your own script.

To the second part of your question, you use the -s command line option with vim to remap :w to something else (like :w !tee).