Hi Shankar, 1. Get the pattern matching lines in a separate buffer :g/<pattern>/t$
2. :%s/^.*\(<your-pattern>\).*$/\1/ ~VIshhu -----Original Message----- From: SHANKAR R-R66203 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:06 PM To: 'Vishnu' Cc: vim@vim.org Subject: RE: Copying everything (not the complete line, only the matching pattern) which matches a pattern This will copy the entire line. I do not want to copy the entire line, but just the pattern. Regards, Shankar >-----Original Message----- >From: Vishnu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:53 PM >To: SHANKAR R-R66203 >Cc: vim@vim.org >Subject: RE: Copying everything which matches a pattern > >Hi Shankar, > > >:g/<pattern>/t$ > >t - copy to address $ > > >you can call function instead of t$ > >~Vishnu > > >-----Original Message----- >From: SHANKAR R-R66203 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:41 PM >To: 'vim@vim.org' >Subject: Copying everything which matches a pattern > > >Hi Vimmers, > > I want to copy everything that matches a search pattern. > >For example, if my search pattern is > >/\$.*s > >I want to copy all the patterns that matches this into a buffer. > >How can I do this ? > >Regards, >Shankar
