Hi. I am unable to successfully use args & argdo to change many files for a specific pattern that spans 3 lines. The files are .htm files.
I have used set listchars=:tab>-,trail:- to reveal the tabs within the file and have included what I take to be precisely the pattern within the argdo statement: argdo %s/>------>------<\/tr>^M>------>------ <td valign="middle" height="22"><font size="1">\ <img src="\/images\/arrowright.gif" border=0 alt="[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]">\ <a href="\/What_is_New.htm">What's New?<\/a><\/font<\/td>^M//ge | update The [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] represents 4 digits that are in each iteration of the line but 4 digits that change from file to file. The ^Ms are properly expresses with at <ctrl> V <ctrl> M sequences. Am I missing, perhaps an end of line character? Any suggestions on this would be appreciated as I will shortly have to change lots and lots of files for specific patterns spanning several lines, albeit with a unique sequence within the pattern that varies from file to file. Thanks Mike
