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Old 08-30-2010
Vim help - delete words in a file or characters after pattern
I have a file with words that begin with character #. Whenver that character is found that word should be deleted throughout the file. How do I do that in VIM.

e.g:

Code:
afkajfa ladfa ljafa #222222 kjafad ljl
afajkj kjlj uouu #44444 jlkj lkjl

Output should be

Code:
afkajfa ladfa ljafa  kjafad ljl
afajkj kjlj uouu jlkj lkjl

Last edited by Scott; 08-30-2010 at 07:31 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 08-30-2010
Hi.

Try:

Code:
$ sed 's/#[^ ]* *//g' infile
afkajfa ladfa ljafa kjafad ljl 
afajkj kjlj uouu jlkj lkjl

edit: Just noticed the subject says "VIM...." Smilie, so :%s/#[^ ]* *//g'
Last edited by Scott; 08-30-2010 at 07:44 PM..
 
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