Re: error doing search using :grep or findstr

On Saturday, September 14, 2013 8:07:08 PM UTC+1, Ben Fritz wrote:
<snip>
> If you want to search the current file with findstr instead of Vim's built-in search, you can grep the current file:
>
> :grep foo %
>
> Note this searches the on-disk file, you would need to save first.
>

When I write a file, save it as e.g. ~/d.dd

do :grep there %

It then exits back to the shell where I had launched vim and the shell then says

So it adds the "Shell returned 1" line and the "Press ENTER line"

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim74>vim

shell returned 1

Press ENTER or type command to continue"


If I press ENTER it adds these lines

"(1 of 1): FINDSTR: Cannot open d.dd
Press ENTER or type command to continue"

that last line is in green, if I push ENTER it goes back into VIM.






> Alternatively, if you don't care about using quickfix, you can write the current buffer content to stdin and see the result only in the pop-up command window:
>
> :w !findstr foo

that line works

>
> Or, filter the buffer through findstr, replacing the buffer contents with the result:
>
> :%!findstr foo

yep, that does as you state I see that when the pattern is there it leaves it, and when it isn't there it wipes the buffer.

so I can't get the :grep there % to work, even when the file is saved






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