created by

William Lee

script type

utility

description

This plugin is like :argdo but it works recursively under a directory (or multiple directories).  The limitation for :argdo is that it does not glob the files inside the subdirectories.  DirDo works in a similar manner but you're allowed to specify multiple directories (good for refactoring code and modifying files in a deep hierarchy).  DirDo also globs the files in the subdirectories so you can make sure an operation is performed consistantly.

install details

Put this file in your ~/.vim/plugin directory. The syntax of the commands: First we need to set what directory we would like to perform this command on     :DirDoDir [/my/directory1] [/my/directory2] [/my/directory3]     or     :DDD [/my/directory1] [/my/directory2] [/my/directory3] If no argument is given, then it'll display the directories that you're going to work on and let you edit them by separating them with commas (',') You can also use the following command to add a directory to the DirDoDir variable:        :DirDoAdd /my/dir        or        :DDA /my/dir If you do not give an argument to DDA, it'll add the current working directory to the DirDoDir variable. Then we set the file glob pattern:     :DirDoPattern [file glob pattern1] [file glob pattern2] ...     or     :DDP [file glob pattern1] [file glob pattern2] ... If no argument is given, then it'll display the patterns and let you edit them (separate each pattern with spaces). Then, you can do:     :DirDo [commands]     or     :DDO [commands] to executes the commands on each file that matches the glob pattern recursively under the directories that you have specified.  The format of [commands] is just like what you do on :argdo. See :help argdo for details. If no argument is given, then it'll reuse the last command. Examples: Replace all the instaces of "Foo" to "Bar" in all the Java or C files under the directory /my/directory and its subdirectories, confirming each match:     :DDD /my/directory (or just :DDD<CR> and type it in)     :DDP *.java *.c (or just :DDP<CR> and type it in)     :DDO %s/Foo/Bar/gce | update (See :h argdo for the commands after DDO.) Same scenario but replacing "Bar" with "Baz" without confirmation for each match (note the directory and patterns are saved):     :DDO %s/Bar/Baz/ge | update There is an option to run DirDo with less verbosity, to toggle the setting, run:     :DirDoVerbose     or     :DDV You can also set the following variables in your .vimrc to set the default directory and pattern.  This is good for pointing to the directories for code refactoring: let g:DirDoPattern = "..." let g:DirDoDir = "..." For example, if you want by default have the command apply on all your C, C++, and Java source, you can set the DirDoPattern to: let g:DirDoPattern = "*.c *.cpp *.java" If you want to apply your changes to /dir1, /dir2, and /dir3, you can do: let g:DirDoDir = "/dir1,/dir2,/dir3"

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
DirDo.vim	1.1	20-Aug-2002	6.0	William Lee	Added the option :DirDoAdd (:DDA) to add the current directory (getcwd()) to the list of directories that you want to apply DirDo on.  This is useful if you want to construct your list of DirDo directories quickly.
DirDo.vim	1.0	07-Aug-2002	6.0	William Lee	Initial upload