Find what filetype is loaded in vim

Question

As soon as I load any file in vim, It\'ll try to detect the file and color-highlight it if possible.

I want to know a vim command that will tell me which ftplugin or Fil

Answer 1

&filetype for script usage

Minimal example:

echo &filetype

More realistic usage example:

if &filetype ==# 'c' || &filetype ==# 'cpp'
  setlocal noexpandtab
endif

& syntax works for all options: https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/2569/how-do-i-check-the-value-of-a-vim-option-in-vimscript