To erase everything until the last slash on every line of the current file:
:%s/.*\// i.e "replace any number of characters" (dot means "anything except a line break"), "as many as possible" (that's the star), "ending in a (backslash-escaped) slash, by nothing". The % range is short for 1,$ i.e. "from first to last line". If there are several slashes on a line, all of them except the last one will be caught by the .* part. To get the part of a string data item after the last slash, you use the same pattern: :let result = substitute(givenstring, '.*\/', '', '') I'm using _single_ quotes, i.e., there are two empty arguments at the end. 'result' and 'givenstring' are variable-names, you may replace them by whatever is required at that point in your code. Best regards, Tony. On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Melvin Simon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Could someone guide me to match patterns in the following manner:- > > input > > /somealphabets/somethingelse/finalword > > output > > finalword > > i.e. I want to ignore all other'/' and get the last word alone, i.e. word > between last / and $ (end of line) > > Thanks > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
