Re: Best possible plugin/tool for multiple files search/replace in gVim (windows)

On Thursday, May 30, 2013 3:49:14 AM UTC-5, swapnil wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am gVim user on windows. I want suggestion from folks for search/replace recursively in multiple file use case. There are few tools like EasyGrep,Grep on windows. Searching in multiple files they work, but I keep facing issue for recursive search.
>
> Can someone guide the best tool which works on gVim for windows, which they are using already ?
>

For searching multiple files, especially recursive directory searches, I usually use the :vimgrep command.

Sometimes I might use the :grep command instead (using Windows' "findstr" utility) and pass the /S flag for a recursive search. I haven't done this in a long time.

To replace, now that stuff is in the quickfix list, I usually do a :%s command on the first file, do :cnfile, and repeat until all files are visited. That's more efficient in a macro or a chained command using |.

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