Hi Tim, Thanks for your reply. Lines are as such [2011-03-21T18:45:46.004-07:00] [Other info]... log message [2011-03-21T18:45:46.008-07:00] [Other info]... log message [2011-03-21T18:45:46.607-07:00] [Other info]... log message
I would like to fold based on each part of the timestamp Year, month, date, hour, min, second. I read the documentation, but am still not sure how to write the foldexpr.. Thanks, cb On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/20/2011 12:19 PM, sanjay ravat wrote: > >> I am relatively new to vim. I need to inspect log files that >> run into thousands of lines. Each line starts with a >> timestamp. How can I fold the logs based on timestamp? >> > > It would help to have (1) an excerpt of the log-file (possibly redacted, > leaving at least the date information) to show the date-format, and (2) what > you expect to fold by (year? day? hour? minute? second?). As a starting > point, you'll want to > > :set foldmethod=expr > :set foldexpr=magic_expression_derived_from_info_you_provide > > You can read up at > > :help 'foldmethod' > :help 'foldexpr' > > -tim > > > > -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
