How to pass the result of find to vim's argadd command

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I previously found out, and posted, about how to load multiple buffers using :argadd instead of :badd. However, I would further like to add all files of all subdirectories matching a certain pattern. My current attempt looks like so:

:argadd !find . -name *.js -type f

But that adds

 51      "!find"                        line 1
 52      "~/Documents/neuro-sim/website/3.0" line 1
 53      "-name"                        line 1
 54      "*.js"                         line 1
 55      "-type"                        line 1
 56      "f"                            line 1

to the buffer. What modification do I have to make to make this work?

Zsolt Botykai · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-06 09:59:58Z

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But why don't you do it with

:args **/*.js

(Yeah, I know you can't filter for files this way...)

HTH

edited Jan 6, 2012 at 9:59

answered Jan 6, 2012 at 9:45

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puk Over a year ago

will that recursively go through every subdirectory? Can I do :args /home/user/*.js?

Benoit Over a year ago

@puk: no, but :args **/*.js will. See :help wildcards

puk Over a year ago

Can you please put the **/*.js in the answer then I will accept this.

Zsolt Botykai Over a year ago

Thanks @Benoit, I wanted to write that :-)

puk Over a year ago

I have too much e-courtesy. I should have edited it myself and pocketed the 2 rep points.

rupert160 · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-16 08:28:56Z

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You need backticks "`" to evaluate the find and plug them into args. I agree it does seem strange to not use "!" but I think that is for handling stream buffers not args...

:arga `find . -name '*glob_pattern*'`

answered Mar 16, 2014 at 8:28

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