Don't know about matching problem, but the job can be accomplished by
%s/\.[^./]*$//c
WBR,
Ivan.
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to find a regex to remove the file extension from a list of
> files.
>
> For example,
>
> src/foo.txt
> src/bar.tgz
> .vim/myfile.vim
> project.git/index.html
>
> I need to do minimal matching, otherwise, the 3rd and 4th lines will
> be messed up.
>
> I've tried this search/replace:
> :%s/\..\{-}$//c
>
> However, vim will not do minimal matching on the 3rd line.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> ---Nate
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