On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 10:21:52 AM UTC+2, Matt Truslove wrote: > Good morning, > I have a very important XML file which contains a lot of important metadata. > Recently my old computer has become useless so i managed to backup all my > data and export all my files. > > as part of the backup i exported the metadata via an XML feature. But not > realising that the new location would be different for all the files once > moved. > > the XML file has a tag for Location and i need this to change whilst > retaining the file name. > > i was told VIM is perfect for this. so fired fired up my old linux box to > give it a go but no avail. > > please see the below example > > <key>Location</key><string>file:///Volumes/OLDDRIVE/OTHERFOLDER/aaaaa/bbbbb/ccccc/ddddd/eeeee/20Berksonax.uue</string> > > i want to find and replace the text between the "file:///" and the last but > one "/" (as the last slash will affect the XML </string>.) but retain the > file name, extension and end tag </string> > > to end up with > > > <key>Location</key><string>file:///NewVolume/NEW_SSD/NEWFOLDER2018/0Berksonax.uue</string>
Hello, how about this substitution? %s#\(<key>Location</key><string>file://\)/\(Volumes\)/\(OLDDRIVE\)/\(OTHERFOLDER\)/.*/\(.*\)\(</string>\)#\1/NewVolume/NEW_SSD/NEWFOLDER2018/\5\6# First try on one line (without the '%') to see if the result is precisely what you need. Tom -- -- 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.
