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How do I set bash aliases and variables from within vim?

In cmdline mode, the following examples do not work for me. !alias lol='echo lol' !lol='echo lol'
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place the aliased version of an existing command in /usr/bin/

I use Vim a lot, and I know how I can start vim in insert mode. So I have an alias named vii in my .bash_aliases file. On other hand I use Git a lot too, and I have this line in my .gitconfig: ...
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Specify an alias as preferred editor in rc files (like .cvsrc)?

I have in my .cvsrc: cvs -q -e vim I want to create an alias (like my-vim or something like that): alias my-vim="vim -S ~/myscript.vim" And do cvs -q -e my-vim Unfortunately, this doesn't ...