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A common programming task for me in vim is:
:s/some pattern/ do some work
n # finds the next entry
do some work
n # finds the next entry ...
Now, s/.... only searches in the current file.
Is there a way I can do this, but search across a directory of files? Say do "s/..../" over all files in subdirectoires of pwd that ends in .hpp of .cpp ?
Thanks!
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Using windows. Ctrl-W w to switch between open windows, and Ctrl-W h (or j or k or l ) to navigate through open windows. Ctrl-W c to close the current window, and Ctrl-W o to close all windows except the current one. Starting vim with a -o or -O flag opens each file in its own split.
Select a file or directory name and press Enter to open that file or directory. (For example :e /home/user displays the contents of that directory.) To return to the explorer window, press Ctrl-^ (usually Ctrl-6). You can also "edit" a directory to explore that directory.
From the root of your project, you can search through all your files recursively from the current directory like so: grep -R '. ad' . The -R flag is telling grep to search recursively.
You can simply use the :grep command: or for a more complete integration of search tools, use the grep.vim extension.
Simply type :help grep to get a nice documentation of what is available out of the box in Vim. Using :grep foo *.?pp should do what you want. This will open the QuickFix list, just like the one you get using :make, enabling to jump to the found occurrences.
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