Call bash function using vim external command

Question

I use vim\'s :! external command function all the time, usually providing % as an argument to the shell command. For example :

:!psql -f %

Answer 1

Export your functions. That is:

psql-h1() { /usr/bin/psql -hh1 -d mydb "$@"; }

export -f psql-h1  ### <-- THIS RIGHT HERE

This will make them available to any copy of bash run as a child process, even if it's a noninteractive shell and so doesn't read .bashrc.