Tip #382: Search and replace in all open buffers

Useful for doing simple refactoring i.e. changing a method or variable name. Prompts for a word and then replaces all instances of <cword> in open buffers with the word.

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" Search for <cword> and replace with input() in all open buffers
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fun! Replace()
    let s:word = input("Replace " . expand('<cword>') . " with:")
    :exe 'bufdo! %s/' . expand('<cword>') . '/' . s:word . '/ge'
    :unlet! s:word
endfun

map \r :call Replace()<CR>

Thanks to Jurgen Kraemer for showing me how to use the :exe command :)

Sean


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