On 15 Mar 2011, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: > On Tue, 15 Mar 2011, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > >I have a directory with over 400 files, some of which contain a > >particular string I want to modify manually. Is there any way to > >tell vim to edit just the files which contain the specified > >string? > > Within Vim, you can use the :vim[grep] command to get a list of all > the matches in a quickfix list. > > :vim[grep] pattern *file-glob* " does the grep > :cope[n] " c = current, ope[n] the list >
Thanks to everyone for prompt replies. Now I have plenty of choice! Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [email protected] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- 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
