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When using vim to run a shell command, eg. with 

:!ls

or 

:sh

to get into a shell, I always have the prompt

Press ENTER or type command to continue

This is fine for "internal" vim commands like :ls, for which the screen must pause to allow me to see the output, but when I want to run script eg. :!./% then I have to press enter after running it. Is there an option that will allow vim commands to pause but not shell commands?

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Maybe this ?

:silent !ls
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Note that you'll only see the output of any commands you run with :silent when you EXIT vim. – pbr Nov 25 '09 at 16:40
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He didn't say anything about that -> he just doesn't want to press enter. – Rook Nov 26 '09 at 19:46
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:silent is documented in the help as the way to prevent the "Press ENTER" message. There should be a 'shortmess' flag for this, but none exists. – njd Feb 4 '10 at 15:36

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