Run a macro in all buffers in vim

Question

I know about the :bufdo command, and was trying to combine it with a macro I had recorded (@a) to add a #include in the proper spot of each of the header files I'd loaded. However, I couldn't find an easy way to run the macro on each buffer. Is there a way to execute a macro through ex mode, which is what :bufdo requires? Or is there another command I'm missing?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3024321/run-a-macro-in-all-buffers-in-vim

Answer 1

You can do it like this:

:bufdo execute "normal @a" | write

The normal command will run the macro, but it has to be run using :execute, otherwise the pipe character will be interpreted as a normal-mode character.