Redirect ex command to STDOUT in vim

Question

I\'m trying to craft a command to dump vim\'s highlighting information to STDOUT. I can write successfully to a file like this:

vim +\'redir >outfile\' +\         


        

Answer 1

If you're working with Unix compatible environment, you can always use a special file, e.g.:

ex +"redir>>/dev/stdout | hi | redir END" -scq!

This will print any Vi/Ex command into standard output which you can parse further.