view -c 'set ft=sql' -

• view is an alias for vim -R, which opens Vim in read-only mode.
• set ft is short for set filetype. As Martin Tournoij mentioned in his comment, setting the file type sets the syntax and more.

vim -R -c 'set ft=sql' -

• -R opens Vim in read-only mode. Your system may have the alias view for vim -R, but Neovim does not support it.
• set ft is short for set filetype. As Martin Tournoij mentioned in his comment, setting the file type sets the syntax and more.

view -c 'set ft=sql' -

• view is an alias for vim -R, which opens Vim in read-only mode.
• set ft is short for set filetype. As Martin Tournoij mentioned in his comment, setting the file type sets the syntax and more.

view -c 'set ft=sql' -

• view is an alias for vim -R, which opens Vim in read-only mode.
• set ft is short for set filetype. As Martin Tournoij mentioned in his comment, setting the file type sets the syntax and more.