vim vim [file]...start vim in read only mode
vim -R [file]... view [file]...pipe output of another command to vim
ls -la | vim -open multiple files in horizontal panes
vim -o [file]...open multiple files in vertical panes
vim -O [file]...edit remote file via scp
vim scp://user@host//path
vimdiff [file-a] [file-b] gvimdiff [file-a] [file-b]more info
https://vimhelp.org/usr_08.txt.html#08.7 https://vimhelp.org/diff.txt.html#vimdiff