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I have a long .csv log file that I regularly append data to. I am usually interested in editing last 10 entries or so. I suppose Vim modelines do not support Ex commands due to security reasons. Is there a workaround to make this Ex command a modeline in Vim so that whenever the specific .csv file is opened, it shows only last 10 entries (like head but in Vim).

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    not possible via modelines. However should be possible using a Buf(Win)Enter autocommand
    – Christian Brabandt
    Commented Sep 20, 2023 at 11:09

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Suppose your file is /usr/bar/foo.csv I would do:

augroup FoldSpecificLog
  autocmd!
  autocmd BufRead /usr/bar/foo.csv 1,$-10fold
augroup END
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    Maybe an augroup instead of autocmd! ?
    – D. Ben Knoble
    Commented Sep 20, 2023 at 13:30

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