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I am running a simple substitution on many files with :argdo %s/foo/\rfoo/ge | update. Vim shows the progress through files (number of substitutions in file) and when the screen fills up it blocks with the prompt:

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"Data_357.csv" 63 lines, 22551 characters
"Data_358.csv" 204 lines, 946953 characters
-- More -- SPACE/d/j: screen/page/line down, b/u/k: up, q: quit

How can I make it run non-stop?

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    try :silent! argdo %s/foo/\rfoo/ge | update ... silent skips displaying normal messages and ! skips error messages as well
    – Sundeep
    Commented Jun 1, 2016 at 13:15
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    Related to superuser.com/questions/430843/…
    – SibiCoder
    Commented Jun 1, 2016 at 13:19
  • awesome! Thanks. So, will someone post an answer? (@spasic) I guess it's better to have this question on vi.stackexchange even though the superuser one is very similar...
    – xealits
    Commented Jun 1, 2016 at 14:23
  • @spasic you answered the question in a comment. Please move this to an answer.
    – jecxjo
    Commented Jun 1, 2016 at 15:47

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:silent argdo %s/foo/\rfoo/ge | update

or

:silent! argdo %s/foo/\rfoo/g | update
  • silent skips displaying normal messages
  • ! skips error messages as well
    • As per this vimcast, the e flag in substitute command can also be removed

For more options and in-built help, refer to this Q&A

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