To open files in Grep's output to Vim's -o -mode

Question

How can you put a list of files to Vim\'s -o -mode?

I have a list of files as Grep\'s output. I run unsuccessfully

1

grep -il          


        

Answer 1

The second one should work unless some of those filenames contain whitespace. You should do

grep -il sid * | xargs -d "\n" vim -o

if this is a possibility. -d "\n" tells xargs to use a newline as the delimiter when reading in the arguments; normally it is any whitespace (newline, tab, or space character)

Answer 2

Sorry I'm late. Some of these options work for me but with weird side effects. Try this:

vim -o $(grep -il sid *)

Answer 3

To invoke vim using xargs, xargs must be invoked with -o:

grep -il sid * | xargs -o vim -o

In case filenames could contain spaces, use grep -Z with xargs -0

grep -ilZ sid * | xargs -0 -o vim -o

Without xargs -o, we would get a warning:

Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal

The -o option exists on OSX/BSD. Also, the -o option is found in GNU findutils built from git. This option was added after 4.6.0.

Answer 4

Try

vim -p `grep -il sid *`

if you want to open the files in different tabs in the same window.

Answer 5

Run:

grep -il sid * | vim -

This tell vim to read the file from stdin, so the output of grep will be in vim. Now, put cursor on file and press gF - this will open the file on the line grep indicated.

You can also use ^WF to open file in a new split.

Answer 6

Second one works for me. Third too, although you get only one file visible at the start. 4 is the same as 2 in most cases. First and last should not work by design.