Re: need help with editing multiple files in a directory

[Colin S. Miller]

bittna@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>   I have multiple files in a directory that need a line added at a
> certain point in the file.  I wrote a lisp expression to do it, but I
> have to load the file, then run the command on the buffer, the save
> the file and I lose my place.  I used dired to do a find and replace
> on all of the files I needed, but how do I run my lisp expression on
> all of the files?
>
> Also how do I loop through all the buffers using lisp and switch into
> each buffer and do something, then move to the next buffer?
>
> Thanks!!!

Bittna,


The function (dired-get-marked-files) looks interesting.

I don't speak lisp well, so this mightn't be the best way of doing things.

(loop for fileName in (dired-get-marked-files) do
(progn
   (find-file fileName)
   (bittna-lisp-expr)))


or

(loop for fileName in (dired-get-marked-files) do
 (let ((buff))
   (progn
    (setq buff (find-file fileName))
    (bittna-lisp-expr))
    (kill-buffer buff)))




I use XEmacs, rather than GNU Emacs, so YMMV.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller

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