On 9/14/06, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote> Yakov
Lerner wrote:
> On 9/14/06, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Yakov Lerner wrote:
>> > On 9/14/06, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> Yakov Lerner wrote:
>> >> > On 9/14/06, Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >> 2.Can I delete after a pattern search? Sth like this:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> :/^<html\_.{-}<body>: /-3d
>> >> >>
>> >> >> and how can I repeat this globally?
>> >> >
>> >> > :g/^<html\_.{-}<body>: /.-3d
>> >> >
>> >> > Yakov
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> I get an E16: invalid range error
>> >
>> > Yeah, this can happen if pattern is found
>> > in line number < 4. (Then .-3 results in <=0 which is invalid
>> > line number). Just insert 4 dummy empty lines
>> > at beginning of file to avoid this.
>> >
>> > Yakov
>> >
>> >
>> This means that the -3d counts from the beginning of the pattern?? In my
>> file The first occurrence of the patten expands from line 1 to line 82.
>
> Yes, from the beginning of the pattern
>
> Yakov
>
>
How can I force it to delete 3 lines from the end?
This is tricky, but try this:
:g/pattern/exe "normal //e"|.-3d
(untested)
Yakov
