Re: search and replace with word list

I think what I'd do is run a little magic over file2.txt to turn it into vim commands that can then be executed:

 " edit file2.txt
 :e file2.txt

 " convert the one-per-line replacements
 " to commands that search for the next
 " instance of "MODULEX" and replace it
 " with the item from file2.txt
 :%s@.*@:-/MODULEX/s//&

 " yank the entire file/script
 " into the scratch register
 :%y

 " split a window to open file1.txt to modify
 :sp file1.txt

 " execute the script as a macro
 " (note this is normal-mode
 " not an Ex command)
 @"

Odd things may happen if
- you have entries in file2.txt that are replacement metachars such as "\1", "&" or "/"

- your replacements include the value "MODULEX" which then may get subsequently replaced.

Hope that helps you out,

-tim

Thanks a bunch Tim!  That worked like a champ.
I've been using vim for years now and I still learn something new practically everyday :-)

-raleigh
 

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