Vim: Find and Replace text across files
Step 1: Load files to vim buffer with command below wherein files under say, 'app/' needs to be searched for search-text:
:args app/Step 2: Find, and replace text. And save modified files too. The command below does that:
:argdo %s/<search_text>/<new_replacing_text>/gec | updateWritten by Karthik Sirasanagandla
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I'm getting an error "Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off". Have you ran into this?
over 1 year ago
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:set modifiable
over 1 year ago
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@vimrocks Thanks. I have that set in my .vimrc but I still get the error
over 1 year ago
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actually, figured it out. I did :args directoryname/* to get files into buffer instead of just the directory and then it worked. thanks!
over 1 year ago
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