Thanks to all who replied to my thread! On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 at 17:30, Tim Chase <v...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > > On 2020-12-20 11:09, A. Wik wrote: > > Browsing a directory listing, sometimes I hit lines like these: > > ./spool/exim/input/1FM8sl-00004n-Ix-H > > ./spool/exim/input/1FM8sn-00004u-OF-D > > ./spool/exim/input/1E9dsQ-00004f-MO-D > > [... thousands of similar lines ...] > > > > How can I use "/" to find the next line not matching the above > > pattern? I've tried the following (and several variations): > > /\(.*exim.input\)\@<!.* > > you can use which only finds the start of the line: > > /^\%(.*exim.input\)\@! > > or if you want to match the entire line, you can use: > > /^\%(\%(exim.input\)\@!.\)*$/ > > That breaks down to > > ^ from the start of the line > \%(…\)* zero or more of these things > \%(exim.match\)\@! at each of these places, this can't match > . accept a character here > $ all the way to the end of the line > (no partial line matches, or it would find > ".spool/exim/inpu" (because "exim.input" doesn't yet > match)
Can you clarify the function of the dot? It appears that without it, it finds only empty lines. With it, it finds any line not matching "exim.input", including empty lines. -aw -- -- 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CALPW7mQjfOSkRpMzOWB0Na2SO5E33E5XAqQ2zwGOQn3e%2BMYzCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
