vimgrep on files in 'path'

[Arun]

Hi there,

I wonder if there is any "grep" like counterpart for the ":find" command in vim. Today, ":find" helps one find any file in the 'path'. It would be nice to perform a search for a pattern in the files reachable via 'path'. I could then invoke, say,

    :findgrep /mypattern/ **/*def.h

..to grep for "mypattern" in files reachable via 'path' that ends in "def.h".

I tried to script it by passing the filenames to ":vimgrep" using:

    :exe 'vim/mypattern/'. join(getcompletion('**/*def.h', 'file_in_path'), " ")

..but getcompletion() sometimes does not give me the full path leading to errors.

Regards,

-Arun

[Tristan Kapous]

Hi!

You could use the arglist for this.
I'm not sure how to set it from a path but I think you'll find a way to do it.

Once your arglist is set, use `vimgrep /pattern/ ##` to grep the files in the arglist.

Regards,
Tris'
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