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Vim arglist => replace text to multiple files

:arg => list files in arglist
:argdelete * => clean arglist
:argadd **/*.rb => add files to arglist
:argdo %s/foo/bar/gc => replace foo by bar in arglist
:argdo update => save changes to arglist
:argdo undo => undo changes to arglist

Navigation in arglist

[a => go to the previous file in arglist
]a => go to the next file in arglist
[A => go to the first file in arglist
]A => go to the last file in arglist

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