Re: change all files

On 17:23 Thu 08 Nov , vicky b wrote:
> THanks Tim dont get me wrong on this i have another query hope u wont mind,
>
> now i have 4 file where each file has key,value data , now i want to
> compare all the files get all the lines which have common keys in it , say
>
> file1 file2 file3 file
> tim,chase tom,someting tom,wright chase,w
> tom,jerry vinay,b sachin,b tom,m
>
> out put would be
> tom,chase
> tom,jerry
> tom,wright
> tom,m
>
>
> is this possible in vim

Hi,

I guess you can use the :g command (":help :g"):

:argdo :g/^tom/#

:argdo - do the command for every file in the arg list
:g - run the # command (:help :#) for every line matching the pattern between /.../

If you want to put the output into another buffer you can do redirect it
to a register and paste it somewhere:

:redir @a
:argdo :g/^tom/
:redir end

Now you can paste the output using: "ap in normal mode.

If there is no command specified for the :g command it just prints the
line (:# prints the line with the line number).

Best,
Marcin

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