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Created May 11, 2015 16:09
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Search and replace in multiple files with Vim
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vi_multiple.md
  1. Enter vi edit mode for multiple files:
$ ○ → vi webapps/*.xml
5 files to edit
  1. See all files you're editing: :ls
  2. Search and replace across all files: :argdo %s/old-foo/new-foo/ge
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