Replace string in multiple files with Vim using sed command

Question

I want to replace old by new string by using call:Rep(new,old) . So my pseudo code is like this...

I am new to vimscript , I don't know how to do it.

function! Rep(old,new)
   !sed -i.bak 's/#{old}/#{new}/g' *
endfunction

Do you have any idea? Thanks.

Conner · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-05 21:48:22Z

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Change your function to

function! Rep(old,new)
   exe "!sed -i.bak 's/".a:old."/".a:new."/g' *"
endfunction

then use :call Rep(old,new). You can also create a command for it.

command! -nargs=+ Rep call Rep(<args>)

so that you can do :Rep old new.

answered Aug 5, 2012 at 21:20

Conner

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