How to suppress screen message when using indentation in command line?

Peng Yu

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Mar 30, 2022, 11:12:34 AM3/30/22

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Hi,

I see the message like "4 lines indented ... 60B written". I do not see to this message. Besides piping it to /dev/null, is there a way to configure vim so that vim doesn't print it in the first place?

$ vim -n --cmd ':set t_ti= t_te=' -X -E -c 'normal gg=G' -c x /tmp/mktemp/tmp.6CgoYSnUWk.sh < /dev/tty

4 lines indented
"/private/tmp/mktemp/tmp.6CgoYSnUWk.sh" 4L, 60B written

Christian Brabandt

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Mar 30, 2022, 4:04:58 PM3/30/22

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:set report=1000

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Christian
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Peng Yu

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Mar 30, 2022, 6:52:47 PM3/30/22

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Now I still get this message. How to remove this message?

$ vim -n --cmd ':set t_ti= t_te=' --cmd ':set report=1000' -X -E -c 'normal gg=G' -c x x.sh < /dev/tty

"x.sh" 4L, 61B
"x.sh" 4L, 60B written

:set report=1000

Christian Brabandt

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Mar 31, 2022, 3:01:40 AM3/31/22

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On Mi, 30 Mär 2022, Peng Yu wrote:

I am not sure why it matters so much. But try using `:silent`

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Christian
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Bram Moolenaar

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Mar 31, 2022, 6:38:36 AM3/31/22

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As Christian suggested, using :silent for the :x command is probably best:

$ vim -n --cmd ':set t_ti= t_te=' --cmd ':set report=1000' -X -E -c 'normal gg=G' -c 'silent x' x.sh < /dev/tty

You could also add the "-s" argument, but that might also hide error
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Peng Yu

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Mar 31, 2022, 6:55:53 AM3/31/22

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I still get this message. How to suppress it but leave potential error messages still printed?

$ vim -n --cmd ':set t_ti= t_te=' --cmd ':set report=1000' -X -E -c 'normal gg=G' -c 'silent x' x.sh < /dev/tty

"x.sh" 4L, 61B

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