Thanks a lot Tony! On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Tony Mechelynck < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/vim_use/n31k48AwgMU/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
