On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Gene Kwiecinski <[email protected]>wrote:
> >Hi, I have a question. I have a very big directory/subdirectory listing
> >that has been outputted to a file.
> >I would like to delete all the dot ( . ) and dot-dot ( .. ) directories,
> >so that I just have a listing of the "real" directories.
>
> Ummm, use 'ls -A' instead of 'ls -a'?
>
> Just seems easier to me... :D
>
> You mean delete directories line end with . or .. ?
If yes, you can try this command
:%s/\.\{1,2}\s*$//
This will delete . or .. end of line.
Check out:
:h :sub
Michael
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