How to use bufdo in Neovim
How to use Neovim bufdo command to perform bulk edits across multiple YAML files matching a glob pattern.
- Find all YAML files that satisfy a pattern, open them in Vim and delete each line that contains a specific string.
The :bufdo command runs an Ex command across all open buffers. Combined with :g/pattern/d, it deletes every matching line in every file. The | update part saves each buffer after the deletion. This is a fast way to bulk-remove lines from many files at once without leaving Vim.
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v organization/*/*/*/*/XZY*.yaml
:bufdo exe "g/bigtable.googleapis.com/d" | update
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