> Hi all,
>
> Not sure why /\_.* matches at every line Vs only once...
> I would expect a single match at start of file because \_. matches any char 
> including end of line and * is greedy
> /pattern\_.* does what I expect: it matches from pattern to end of file
>
> Dimitar

An update/clarification on this:

:%s/\_.* does correctly erase the whole file. What is actually incorrect and I
didn't explain it well in my above statement is the behaviour of n, N. /, :/
So, n goes to every line Vs stay at the first byte of the file and never move

 
Dimitar


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