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 · 2012-01-06T09:59:58.700

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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 06 '12 at 09:59

answered Jan 06 '12 at 09:45

Zsolt Botykai

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will that recursively go through every subdirectory? Can I do `:args /home/user/*.js`? – puk Jan 06 '12 at 09:48
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@puk: no, but `:args **/*.js` will. See `:help wildcards` – Benoit Jan 06 '12 at 09:50
Can you please put the `**/*.js` in the answer then I will accept this. – puk Jan 06 '12 at 09:55
Thanks @Benoit, I wanted to write that :-) – Zsolt Botykai Jan 06 '12 at 10:00
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I have too much e-courtesy. I should have edited it myself and pocketed the 2 rep points. – puk Jan 06 '12 at 10:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '14 at 08:28

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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 '14 at 08:28

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

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