The syntax to read the STDOUT of an external command into the current buffer is:
```
:r !{cmd}
:r !cmd
```
`:r` is Vim's read command. If you use it without `!`, you can use it to get the content of a file. If you have a file `file1.txt` in the current directory and you run:
@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Now the STDOUT from running `cat file1.txt` will be inserted after line 10.
The command `:w`, in addition to saving a file, can be used to pass the text in the current buffer as the STDIN for an external command. The syntax is: