Comments on: Vi and Vim Editor: 12 Powerful Find and Replace Examples http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/ Guides, HowTos and Tips for Technology Geeks Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:52:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: david sowerby http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-189278 david sowerby Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:20:17 +0000 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/?p=453#comment-189278 did you try: :%s/@//g ??? you don't need ctrl+@, @ is just an ascii character. ----------------dave did you try:
:%s/@//g ???
you don’t need ctrl+@, @ is just an ascii character.
—————-dave

]]> By: owahid http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-182548 owahid Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:37:35 +0000 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/?p=453#comment-182548 How can I remove @ entirely throughout the file? I can remove ^M using :%s/^M//g by pressing ctrl+v then ctrl+m but ctrl+@ produces ^@. Thanks! How can I remove @ entirely throughout the file? I can remove ^M using
:%s/^M//g
by pressing ctrl+v then ctrl+m but ctrl+@ produces ^@.
Thanks!

]]> By: bebo http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-178213 bebo Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:35:24 +0000 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/?p=453#comment-178213 awesome stuff,,,,,,,,Thanks a lot,,,,, awesome stuff,,,,,,,,Thanks a lot,,,,,

]]> By: Arun http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-157571 Arun Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:00:59 +0000 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/?p=453#comment-157571 This is great, I appreciate your efforts for taking time tn explain me. Thanks a lot, Arun This is great, I appreciate your efforts for taking time tn explain me.

Thanks a lot,
Arun

]]> By: david sowerby http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-157199 david sowerby Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:29:35 +0000 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/?p=453#comment-157199 the up arrow didn't finish up where I put it - it should be under the '1' after DEC -------david the up arrow didn’t finish up where I put it – it should be under the ’1′ after DEC
——-david

]]> By: david sowerby http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-157198 david sowerby Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:27:00 +0000 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/?p=453#comment-157198 which one? :-) I'll explain the last one: :%s/.* /&,/ this uses RE greediness to work. /.* / -- dot, star, space pushes the pattern - anything followed by a space all the way to the last space 23456234623,23645641,A TROT ,DEC 112.34 ^ It doesn't stop at the first or second space because there's another one, the third and last one - the one we want (greediness). If there was another space followed by something after the final digits this wouldn't work. (most of the other solutions would) /&,/ of course replaces the pattern with the pattern plus ',' all the best ------------------david which one? :-) I’ll explain the last one:
:%s/.* /&,/
this uses RE greediness to work. /.* / — dot, star, space pushes the pattern – anything followed by a space all the way to the last space
23456234623,23645641,A TROT ,DEC 112.34
^
It doesn’t stop at the first or second space because there’s another one, the third and last one – the one we want (greediness). If there was another space followed by something after the final digits this wouldn’t work. (most of the other solutions would)
/&,/ of course replaces the pattern with the pattern plus ‘,’
all the best ——————david

]]> By: Arun http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-156188 Arun Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:15:24 +0000 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/?p=453#comment-156188 @dave; This is amazing, but wondering how it works... Could you please explain. Thanks, @dave; This is amazing, but wondering how it works…
Could you please explain.

Thanks,

]]> By: david sowerby http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-155966 david sowerby Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:14:06 +0000 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/?p=453#comment-155966 thanks Arun, I forgot to add the best solution I found duh! :%s/.* /&,/ -------------dave thanks Arun, I forgot to add the best solution I found duh!
:%s/.* /&,/
————-dave

]]> By: Arun http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-155156 Arun Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:09:11 +0000 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/?p=453#comment-155156 Thanks David for your efforts :) I will try and reply you back soon! Thanks David for your efforts :)
I will try and reply you back soon!

]]> By: david sowerby http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/vi-vim-editor-search-and-replace-examples/comment-page-1/#comment-154918 david sowerby Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:19:18 +0000 http://www.thegeekstuff.com/?p=453#comment-154918 well Arun I finally got back home to my computer with Vim on it so I can test what I suggested and ......you're right it didn't work. I think I forgot how "greedy" RE's can be. But it did give me time to think about it and I came up with these solutions: :%s/\(\d{11},\)\(\d{8},\)\([A-Z ,]* \([0-9\.]*\)/\1\2\3 ,\4 :%s/\([0-9,]*\)\([A-Z, ]*\) \([0-9\.]*\)\1\2 ,\3 :%s/......$/,&/ :%s/[0-9,]*[A-Z ,]*/&,/ :%s/.\{6}$/,&/ :%s/^.\{33}/&,/ :%s/ / ,/g then you have to do :%s/ ,/ / twice Hopefully I transcribed those correctly :-) have fun checking these out and happy holidays ---------------david well Arun I finally got back home to my computer with Vim on it so I can test what I suggested and ……you’re right it didn’t work. I think I forgot how “greedy” RE’s can be. But it did give me time to think about it and I came up with these solutions:
:%s/\(\d{11},\)\(\d{8},\)\([A-Z ,]* \([0-9\.]*\)/\1\2\3 ,\4
:%s/\([0-9,]*\)\([A-Z, ]*\) \([0-9\.]*\)\1\2 ,\3
:%s/……$/,&/
:%s/[0-9,]*[A-Z ,]*/&,/
:%s/.\{6}$/,&/
:%s/^.\{33}/&,/
:%s/ / ,/g then you have to do :%s/ ,/ / twice
Hopefully I transcribed those correctly :-)
have fun checking these out and happy holidays —————david

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