tpope/vim-eunuch

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

eunuch.vim is a Vim plugin by Tim Pope that provides convenient Vim commands wrapping common UNIX shell operations like deleting, renaming, and chmod-ing files, plus sudo write/edit and find/locate integration into the quickfix list. It keeps buffer state and filesystem state in sync when manipulating files from within Vim.

Use cases

• delete a file and its buffer from vim
• rename a file and buffer together in vim
• edit a root-owned file with sudo in vim
• write a privileged file with sudo from vim
• run find or locate and load results into vim quickfix
• make a script executable automatically after writing a shebang
• create a directory next to the current file in vim

When to choose

• you live in Vim and frequently rename, delete, or chmod files from the editor
• you need to edit or write root-owned files without leaving Vim
• you want find/locate results piped into Vim's quickfix or location lists

When to avoid

• you use Neovim/VS Code and prefer modern Lua or extension-based tooling
• you only need file management outside the editor
• you need a cross-platform solution for Windows without a UNIX shell

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

developer-tools file-system cli text-editors developer-tools editor-plugin vim vim-plugin unix-commands sudo file-management command-line linux macos

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