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I use !ls to execute bash command. But after i have configured something like source ~/.usr_profile in ~/.profile file, vim won't source this file as well. So when i want to execute a function declared in usr_profile , i have to run :!source ~/.usr_profile && my_command. When i using this once or twice, it's ok. But when use it frequently, the my vimrc becomes messy.
Is there any better method to solve this problem.Thanks

Jens
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Frank Cheng
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  • possible duplicate of [How do I get vim's :sh command to source my bashrc?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1694599/how-do-i-get-vims-sh-command-to-source-my-bashrc) – nwinkler Sep 01 '15 at 06:42

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Adding this line to your ~/.vimrc should solve your immediate problem:

set shell=bash\ -l

When invoked with -l (--login), bash reads your ~/.profile at startup (among other files) and thus everything sourced from there.

When invoked with -i (--interactive), bash reads your ~/.bashrc at startup (among other files) and thus everything sourced from there.

Try $ man bash or :h shell and :h shellcmdflag for more info.

As for the differences between login and non-login shell I must admit my ignorance. This answer on serverfault may help, it's interesting, anyway.

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romainl
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Append the following two lines to your .vimrc.

set shell=/bin/bash    " use bash
set shellcmdflag="-ic" " flag passed to the shell to execute "!" and ":!" commands

P.S. It seems that the accepted answer may cause some problems when editing '.bash' files or execute a 'git commit', but I don't know why.

Shuqi Xiao
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