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Asked: 2026-05-15T08:36:47+00:00

Suppose you’d like to open all the files in your checkout folder under the

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Suppose you’d like to open all the files in your checkout folder under the /trunk subdirectory. Assume the files are called first.c second.r third.cpp. How can you open all the files into vim with a single command.

The obvious answer is the following

$ vim first.c second.r third.cpp

But can you do this more simply?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sounds like you’re on linux or some Unix variant.
    Using the asterisk gets you all files in the current folder:

    $ vim *
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