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
> >
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