How do I search the open buffers in Vim?

Question

I\'d like to search for text in all files currently open in vim and display all results in a single place. There are two problems, I guess:

• I can\'t pass the li

Answer 1

I made this function a long time ago, and I'm guessing it's probably not the cleanest of solutions, but it has been useful for me:

" Looks for a pattern in the open buffers.
" If list == 'c' then put results in the quickfix list.
" If list == 'l' then put results in the location list.
function! GrepBuffers(pattern, list)
    let str = ''

    if (a:list == 'l')
        let str = 'l'
    endif

    let str = str . 'vimgrep /' . a:pattern . '/'

    for i in range(1, bufnr('$'))
        let str = str . ' ' . fnameescape(bufname(i))
    endfor

    execute str
    execute a:list . 'w'
endfunction

" :GrepBuffers('pattern') puts results into the quickfix list
command! -nargs=1 GrepBuffers call GrepBuffers(, 'c')

" :GrepBuffersL('pattern') puts results into the location list
command! -nargs=1 GrepBuffersL call GrepBuffers(, 'l')