On 2017-03-05 09:20, Pablo Contreras wrote:
> s/$/XXX/
[snip]
> s/$\_.*/XXX/
>
> apparently should match 'end-of-line, then using \_. any char
> including enf-of-line as many times as necessary to the end of the
> file. Then replace with XXX
>
> instead this happens:
> 'E486: Pattern $\_.* not found' ?!?
>
> does $ not mean what I think it means?
From
:help /$
"""
At end of pattern or in front of "\|", "\)" or "\n" ('magic' on):
matches end-of-line <EOL>; at other positions, matches literal '$'.
"""
As it's not the last character in your regexp, it's looking for a
literal "$", not an end-of-line.
-tim
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