On 11/16/12 21:22, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> The above implements a linewise deletion. For characterwise, you can use
>
> :%s/how are you?\zs\_.*\ze:-)//e
>
> Notes:
> - If there are several matching pairs, this subsitute will remove from
> the first "how are you" to the last ":-)".
Which you can then tweak by changing the "*" to "\{-}"
If you want to do it line-wise and you have multiple instances in
the file, you can do something like
:g/how are you?/.;/:-)/d
to delete them inclusive, or
:g/how are you?/+;/:-)/-d
(the "+" bumps the starting line forward one from the match, the "-"
bumps it back one line from the ending match).
And if you have multiple files to do it across, you can use
windo/bufdo/argdo/tabdo to prefix the command (either setting
'hidden' beforehand or writing the file as well)
-tim
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