Vim: Search and replace in all buffers
:bufdo %s/pattern/substitution/ge | update
bufdo: applies the following command to all buffers.
%s: means search and replace the whole file
g: change all instances in a line
e: avoids the error when the pattern doesn’t exist in a file
update: writes the file only if changes were made
See also :argdo

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