Shell: Run vim command using shell

Question

How can I run the vim command ":retab" using a shell script to all the files in the current dir?

Xavjer · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-11 11:53:30Z

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I found something that could help you

for F in *.{c,h}pp ; do vim -c ":retab" -c ":wq" "$F" ; done

This should do what you'd like ;) maybe you'll need to change the for loop condition to your needs

answered Apr 11, 2013 at 11:53

Xavjer

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Glad I could help, don't forget to mark the answer that the thread is solved ;)