vim was not designed for that kind of task. You can pass commands via -c and --cmd (see --help).
Give this a try: sed -i 's/foo/bar/' *.txt -i = write back file "in place" vim foo will open file name 'foo'. vim '%/s...' will open file name '%/s...' (and fail) for x in .. vim -c "e $x| %s/ ... | wq!" done is close to what you requested, but still no proper escaping for filenames. Marc Weber -- 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
