On 2007-02-02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a string that has lots of forward slashes. I need to search it
> and delete it (e.g. unix path name). I could use a backslash for
> everything forward slash and find it in vim. Is there a way I need not
> do that? For now, I use 'grep -n' to get the line number and then delete
> it. I don't actually type the string, I just use cut-and-paste!
In addition to the techniques mentioned by others, you could just
search backwards instead of forwards, e.g.,
?/path/to/file
If searching backwards bothers you, you can change that to a forward
search by just typing
//
Another technique would be to use the :grep command, e.g.,
:grep /path/to/file %
to search the current file, and use the quickfix commands such as
:cn to traverse the list of matches.
HTH,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wireless Division
| Spokane, Washington, USA
