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Russ Urquhart
Russ Urquhart

Reputation: 11

Vim search across directories for a file or directory

I am using Vim to create Markdown files. For relative links like:

- [Configure AWS with Role Credentials](/group/product/latest/operations/cloud-providers/configure-aws-cloud-provider-roles)

I'd like to be able to check for the directory/file in the link and see if it exists across a range of directories.

I was wanting to use something like:

:vim 'word' **./*.md | copen

which is what i use to find words/phrases across directories. Is there a way to do something like this, from the Vim command line?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 242

Answers (1)

Jake Worth
Jake Worth

Reputation: 5852

For searching, a lot of Vim users install libraries like Ack, The Silver Searcher (AKA Ag), or RipGrep (AKA Rg). These can be run via the command line or with library-specific Vim plugins.

If searching the word with vanilla Vim is your goal, you could use :grep or :vimgrep. Enter command mode with shift + :, and then search:

:grep word **/*.md

Where word is your word and **/*.md is the directory where your markdown files are stored. Adjust the asterisks to include more directories.

Matches would be available in the Quickfix List, which you can see with :cw, also command mode.

:vimgrep and :grep are powerful; check out :help :vimgrep and :help :grep to learn more.

Upvotes: 2

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