Search through set of files designated by multiple globs with Vimgrep

Question

Does anyone know syntax of Vimgrep to search with multiple file globs? I am trying to use this command to search in the current directory.

map <F3> :execute "vimgrep /" . expand("<cword>") . "/j **/*.c* *.txt" <Bar> cw<CR>

With using this command, Vim searches only for *.c*. Any idea about how to search for multiple filetypes?

Flatting

Answer 1

To search for "text" in all *.txt & *.php files recursively from current directory.

:vimgrep "text" **/*.txt **/*.php

Navarro

I would also add, that typing :cn and :cp to go to the next and previous matches respectively. – Diocesan

This will get annoying confirming infos when one of the given types doesn't exit. – Eth

"**/*.php" [new directory]·\n"[Quickfix list]...\n Press Enter to continue" – Eth

Answer 2

in this directory

:vimgrep "search subject" *.c
:vimgrep blah *.[ch]
:vimgrep blah *.c* *.h

in this or any descendant directory

:vimgrep "search subject" ./**/*.c

Unbuild

It's worth noting that you don't need the ./ for it to work recursively in the current dir. – Victorinavictorine

Answer 3

I am just getting into Vim and this question taught me about the existence of vimgrep. Is there a way to loop through the results? So say I wanted to find all of the instances of "user", and I use

:vimgrep /user/g **/*.rb

How could I loops through the instances of that text?

Scalp

These results get added to the quicklist window. You can open the quicklist window with ":copen" and can loop through the results – Navarro

Umm, khebbie, this was over a year ago? Thanks for the feedback. – Scalp