Re: Using vimgrep to find files NOT containing a string

On 2020-09-02 19:14, russurquhart1 via vim_use wrote:
> Hi All,
> I generally use:
> :vim `beta: ` **/*.md | copen
> To traverse my Markdown files to find those containing 'beta: '.
> I need to do the opposite but can get the pattern right. I tried
> :vim -v `beta: ` **/*.md | copen
>
> thinking that might work but no dice.
> I looked through teh vimgrep help but couldn't find anything.
> Does anyone know how to do this?

While I don't know off the top of my head how to coerce :vim to do
this, I'd likely populate the arglist with everything

:args **/*.md

and then either wipe the buffers you don't want:

:argdo g/beta:/bwipe

or remove them from the arg list

:argdo g/beta:/argd %

depending on which you prefer.

-tim


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