Hi, you can use command like :vimgrep /pattern/ **/*.[ch] which greps recursively all *.c and *.h files for pattern.
Be sure to switch vim's "current directory" with :cd command to top level dir from which start start recursive grep. Check with :pwd command vim's "current directory". Regards... On 23 Jun., 04:27, Jim Green <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi vim community, > I need to constantly perform a grepping of a string(eg, sth in logs) > from a large code base, now I use grep on the command line to do this. > I just started using ctags but it can not do the grepping of arbitrary > string for me. > > could any vim users point me to a popular tool that I can use to > improve my efficiency, I use only vim to browse and write code so I > hope this is not off topic here. > > Thank you, > Jim -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
