How to open and edit a *.gz file within vim (with auto unzip/zip)

Question

Is it possible to auto unzip/zip *.gz files within vim?

I generally pipe it to 'less'. zcat file.gz | less – Sudip Bhandari Jan 31 '19 at 13:38 — Sudip Bhandari, Jan 31 '19 at 13:38

score 35 · Answer 1 · edited May 30 '18 at 21:12

35

My vim installation does this by default.

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15) on OpenSUSE 12.1

Also, check this link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=902668

edited May 30 '18 at 21:12

Sridhar Sarnobat

25,183
12
93
106

answered Apr 03 '12 at 16:49

Filip

1,451
1
11
19

1

Mine worked too. `VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jan 2 2014 19:39:32)` – Sridhar Sarnobat May 30 '18 at 21:12

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

16

zip/unzip cannot open *.gz files as far as I know.

Vim can open *.gz files with the help of gzip/gunzip like this

Its already discussed here on SO

How to open gzip text files in Gvim without unzipping?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

Community

1
1

answered Apr 03 '12 at 16:49

Pavan Manjunath

27,404
12
99
125

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 19 '16 at 08:30

1

I have searched for this answer as well, specifically for Fedora.

So on Fedora, you need to install the package vim-enhanced:

sudo dnf install vim-enhanced

Now it is possible to just edit gzipped files like this:

vim my.log.gz

answered Feb 19 '16 at 08:30

Timotheus Pokorra

353
2
12

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 11:05

0

try this, works for me - I am not sure if something extra needs to be installed on the server however:

zless filename.gz

answered Jun 19 '12 at 11:05

Sunjalo

189
1
6

2

zless or gzless is a viewer. OP presumably wants to edit the archived file – Hachi Dec 14 '12 at 08:28

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 18 '16 at 18:52

0

vim will open .gz files when called from the command line. however, in executing :h iskeyword, vim attempts to open a tab and in this case it fails to read in the .gz associated with vim's options.

edited Jul 18 '16 at 18:52

Athena

3,200
3
27
35

answered Jul 18 '16 at 17:31

ovi

21
1

score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 06 '20 at 21:16

-1

This is what I did

Unzip the .gz file --> gunzip YourFile.gz (This unzips the file and puts in the same directory)
Then use vim to open it --> vim YourFile

answered Feb 06 '20 at 21:16

Sandeep Amarnath

5,463
3
33
43

How to open and edit a *.gz file within vim (with auto unzip/zip)

6 Answers6