diff --git a/modules/config/default/+evil-bindings.el b/modules/config/default/+evil-bindings.el
index e63d2ce0c..069b4427d 100644
--- a/modules/config/default/+evil-bindings.el
+++ b/modules/config/default/+evil-bindings.el
@@ -468,10 +468,11 @@
 
       ;;; <leader> i --- insert
       (:prefix-map ("i" . "insert")
-        :desc "From clipboard"                "y"   #'+default/yank-pop
+        :desc "Evil ex path"                  "p"   (λ! (evil-ex "R!echo "))
         :desc "From evil register"            "r"   #'evil-ex-registers
         :desc "Snippet"                       "s"   #'yas-insert-snippet
-        :desc "Unicode"                       "u"   #'unicode-chars-list-chars)
+        :desc "Unicode"                       "u"   #'unicode-chars-list-chars
+        :desc "From clipboard"                "y"   #'+default/yank-pop)
 
       ;;; <leader> n --- notes
       (:prefix-map ("n" . "notes")
diff --git a/modules/editor/evil/+commands.el b/modules/editor/evil/+commands.el
index 8859ebac9..c1a61fc52 100644
--- a/modules/editor/evil/+commands.el
+++ b/modules/editor/evil/+commands.el
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ;;; Custom commands
 ;; Editing
 (evil-ex-define-cmd "@"            #'+evil:macro-on-all-lines)   ; TODO Test me
+(evil-ex-define-cmd "R[ead]"       #'+evil:read)
 (evil-ex-define-cmd "al[ign]"      #'+evil:align)
 (evil-ex-define-cmd "ral[ign]"     #'+evil:align-right)
 (evil-ex-define-cmd "enhtml"       #'+web:encode-html-entities)
diff --git a/modules/editor/evil/autoload/ex.el b/modules/editor/evil/autoload/ex.el
index 159af43a2..6ad458106 100644
--- a/modules/editor/evil/autoload/ex.el
+++ b/modules/editor/evil/autoload/ex.el
@@ -182,3 +182,9 @@ non-nil, a search is preformed against Doom's manual (wiht `doom/help-search')."
               (evil-ex-completed-binding (match-string 1 query))))
             ((message "Searching for %S, this may take a while..." query)
              (apropos query t))))))
+
+;;;###autoload (autoload '+evil:read "editor/evil/autoload/ex" nil t)
+(evil-define-command +evil:read (count file)
+  "Alternative version of `evil-read' that replaces filename modifiers in FILE."
+  (interactive "P<fsh>")
+  (evil-read count (evil-ex-replace-special-filenames file)))