Vim: The way to execute same command in command-line mode multiple times

Question

I'm recently working on a project in vim, and I need to execute the same command to different files which are in the same folder in command-line mode multiple times. like

:%s/V1/V2/g

Is there a easiler way to do this?

Answer 1

It's command-line mode , not "command mode".

From within Vim

1. Set your :help argument-list to the desired list of files:

    :arg /path/to/dir/*.xyz

2. Perform your substitution on every file in the argument list and write it if there was a change:

    :argdo %s/V1/V2/g | update

See :help :arg , :help :argdo , :help :update .

From your shell

1. Start Vim with each desired file as argument:

    $ vim /path/to/dir/*.xyz

2. Perform your substitution on every file in the argument list and write it if there was a change:

    :argdo %s/V1/V2/g | update