Re: using shell to generate file list under Windows

James Kanze schrieb:
> I've recently started working on a Windows platform, and I'm
> having some problems that, IIRC, worked correctly (i.e. did what
> I expected) on Unix platforms. In particular:
>
> :args ! egrep -l 'some string' *.{h,cpp}
>
> I expect this to set the file list to all of the files
> containing "some string" (for later use with argdo, for
> example); I use this a lot when "modernizing" C++ sources.
> Under Windows, I end up with "new file !" or something along
> those lines.
>
> I've installed CygWin, and set vim up so it uses bash as its
> shell.
>
> What do I have to do to get this to work? I need it fairly
> badly, since I have to deal with a large body of existing code,
> in which I often have to make global changes.

I think you want backtick expansion:
:args `egrep -l 'some string' *.{h,cpp}`

:h `-expansion

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Andy

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