Re: Search and replace as per format
Srinivas Rao. M wrote: Hi Tim, Charles, I am rather looking at a generic substitution where the number of open quotes are matched, and then add an argument to log(). IN a generic aproach we may have a variable number of arguments, just like thwe way printf() supports. The strings like module name, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, and The Value of status= can be anything. All these needs to be substituted in the .c files. regards, Srini... On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 12:54 -0400, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: Srinivas Rao. M wrote: Hi Vimmers, I am tasked to replace the pattern log(module_name, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, The Value of status=%d message, status); to log(module_name, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, %s:The Value of status=%d message,__FUNCTION__, status); [...] Well, please describe exactly what you want to do, and in particular, how to determine which string(s) to modify (like The Value of... and which not to (like module name). I suspect the problem can be solved with an :args command (such as :args **/*.[ch]) followed by :argdo g/\log(/s/something/something/g. Possibly wrapping it in a function if things like __FUNCTION__ must be specified on each invocation. Best regards, Tony.
Search and replace as per format
Hi Vimmers, I am tasked to replace the pattern log(module_name, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, The Value of status=%d message, status); to log(module_name, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, %s:The Value of status=%d message,__FUNCTION__, status); This pattern is appearing in hundreds of source files. Does anybody have a quicker way/script to do this task ?. I know it is possible through macro substitution by writing another macro on top of this, But again it is not a cleaner way.. Any help Most welcome. regards, srini...
Re: Search and replace as per format
Srinivas Rao. M wrote: Hi Vimmers, I am tasked to replace the pattern log(module_name, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, The Value of status=%d message, status); to log(module_name, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, %s:The Value of status=%d message,__FUNCTION__, status); This pattern is appearing in hundreds of source files. Does anybody have a quicker way/script to do this task ?. I know it is possible through macro substitution by writing another macro on top of this, But again it is not a cleaner way.. Are those linebreaks really in there? I doubt it as one of them is in the middle of a string. OK, assuming they're not there, that its just a mailer thinking its smarter than you... :%g/log(module_name,/s/The Value of status=%d message,status/LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, %s:The Value of status=%d message,__FUNCTION__,status); That'll do the trick for one file; then, of course, you'll want to save it: :w OK, now let's see how to automate this: qa :%g/log(module_name,/s/The Value of status=%d message,status/LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, %s:The Value of status=%d message,__FUNCTION__,status); :w :n q That will store the command sequence into a register (I picked register a). To use it: vim PatternForHundredsOfSourceFiles qa :%g/log(module_name,/s/The Value of status=%d message,status/LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, %s:The Value of status=%d message,__FUNCTION__,status); :w :n [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assuming you don't have 10,000 of these, eventually vim will report an error. A PatternForHundredsOfSourceFiles might be *.c */*.c */*/*.c (etc.) Regards, Chip Campbell
Re: Search and replace as per format
I am tasked to replace the pattern log(module_name, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, The Value of status=%d message, status); to log(module_name, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, %s:The Value of status=%d message,__FUNCTION__, status); Well, with unknown line-breaks, and not knowing which pieces are subject to change, I'll take a stab at it. The biggest offender would be if any of the contents of the statement has parens in it, such as log(module_name, LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, The value...%d, (4 + vbl)) which would cause problems. Also, if an escaped doublequote is in your string, it would also cause it to choke, e.g. The Value of \status\=%d message The basic statement would be something like :%s/log(\([^]*\)\_s*,\_s*\(LOG_LEVEL\w*\)\_s*,\_s*\([^]*\)\_s*,\_s*\([^)]\+\))/log(\1, \2, %s:\3,__FUNCTION__, \4)/g It pulls out each piece so you can manipulate further if needed. This pattern is appearing in hundreds of source files. Does anybody have a quicker way/script to do this task ?. Once you've got the above working on one file, you can use vim's argdo/bufdo functionality to do something like vim *.c *.h :set hidden :argdo %s///g after which you can check over them, before (if all's good) issuing :wall You can learn more about some of the nuances of this at :help argdo :help bufdo :help 'hidden' :help :wall and the rest is just a big ugly regexp to match what I understand you're hunting. :) -tim
