Re: change all files

On 11/06/12 08:00, vicky b wrote:
> HI I have list of files in a dir, each file has a key=value pair
> kind of entries so it basically a prop file .I want to change
> all they key=value in all file to key,value is it possible using
> vim , sorry if it is off topi


Depending on the complexity, it could be as simple as

vim *.txt
:argdo %s/=/,/e|w

or slightly less recklessly,

vim *.txt
:set hidden
:argdo %s/=/,/e
(survey the changes)
:xa " if they're good save & quit all, or
:qa! " if they're bad, abandon all changes

The :s command could be made more complex to tighten the
requirements, something like

%s/^\w\+\zs\s*=\s*\ze\</,/e

which ensures that there's a "word" at the beginning of the line,
followed by some optional whitespace (that will removed), the equals
sign (which will get changed to a comma) followed by more optional
whitespace (that will also get removed), followed by the start of a
word. This can be tweaked depending on the particulars of your
use-case.

-tim


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