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Hulk
Asked: 2010-08-07 03:51:12 +0800 CST

Vim Pattern replace

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 <created>
  pat@c.com 
</created>

I want to replace the above with but the username may vary i.e,pat@c.com ,harry@c.com...

  <created>
   tom@c.com
  </created>

What is the command to replace this in vim

 %s/<created>\r*\r</created>/new string
vim regex

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It worked for me like this:

    %s/<created>\n\s*\w*@\w*\n<\/created>/newstring/

    If you wanted to re-insert the e-mail address you can use:

    %s/<created>\n\s*\(\w*@\w*\)\n<\/created>/newstring: \1/

    A bit of explanation:

    • \n: newline
    • \s: spaces and tabs
    • \w: any word character
    • \( and \): capture what's inside
    • \1: use the first captured expression
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