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| − | The backslash tells your shell to disregard any aliases for < |
+ | The backslash tells your shell to disregard any aliases for <tt>ls</tt>; we need plain output with no color. Vim will open, displaying a list of file names. |
===Change to list of shell commands=== |
===Change to list of shell commands=== |
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| − | To append < |
+ | To append <tt>.orig</tt> to each file name: |
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:%s/.*/mv -i '&' '&.orig'/g |
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| − | To change all < |
+ | To change all <tt>.JPEG</tt> extensions to <tt>.jpg</tt>: |
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:%s/.*/mv -i '&' '&'/g |
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| − | < |
+ | <tt>\=</tt> is substitute command expression. See [[VimTip755]] for more details. |
Note: In case the file name contains space character, it should be surrounded with quotes. |
Note: In case the file name contains space character, it should be surrounded with quotes. |
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| − | The reason this works is Vim writes a file line-by-line. So if you started with a list of 100 file names, it will execute 100 < |
+ | The reason this works is Vim writes a file line-by-line. So if you started with a list of 100 file names, it will execute 100 <tt>mv</tt> commands. Sure there are utilities that may do this better, but Vim is always available and that's one less thing you have to remember. |
An alternative method of executing the commands is: |
An alternative method of executing the commands is: |
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| − | This will pipe the whole buffer to the system command < |
+ | This will pipe the whole buffer to the system command <tt>bash</tt>, thus executing all of the move commands. This will also replace the file with the command's output, which is useful for commands besides <tt>mv</tt>. You can also visually select a small subset of lines, and only execute those commands: |
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:'<,'>!bash |
:'<,'>!bash |
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