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# 1  
Old 07-24-2012
Non-greedy replacing in vim
I have the following lines:

Code:
{color:#000000}blabla{color}
{color:#000000}moreblabla{color}
{color:#000000}even more blabla{color}

I tried the following line in vim to get rid of all the {} tags:
Code:
:%s/{.*\{-}}//g

But vim complains: "invalid command"

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: this worked:
Code:
:%s/{.\{-}}//g

Last edited by awayand; 07-24-2012 at 02:57 AM.. Reason: solved
# 2  
Old 07-24-2012
Hi.

Try:

Code:
:%s/{[^}]*}//g

# 3  
Old 07-24-2012
Thanks!

I actually just removed * and that also worked:

Code:
:%s/{.\{-}}//g

# 4  
Old 07-24-2012
So it does!

That must be a "vi thing". Personally, I'd stick to the RE version.
# 5  
Old 07-24-2012
What is "RE version"?
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