On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 13:01 +0300, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos wrote: > > 1. I want to edit multiple files from command line so I created a > vim script with all the commands (>20). I use a batch file in WinXP: > > |@echo off > vim -s script file.txt > exit > > however I need to run this script on multiple files. In vim's help > there is this code for use in bash(?) shell > > ||for file in *.txt; do| > | vim -e -s $file < change.vim| > | lpr -r tempfile| > |done > > however it doesn't seem to work under Cygwin.
To do an operation on multiple files in a WinXP DOS batch: for %%A in (*.txt) do [command] Chain multiple commands after the "do" statement with " & ": for %%A in (*.txt) do vim -e -s change.vim "%%A" & copy "%%A" lpt1 or call a separate batch that takes %1 as the argument: for %%A in (*.txt) do call MyEdit.bat "%%A" where MyEdit.bat is: @echo OFF echo File %1... vim -e -s change.vim "%1" copy "%1" lpt1 Note that I usually sprinkle double quotes liberally to avoid issues with spaces in paths. -- Steve Hall [ digitect dancingpaper com ]
