Hi,
Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos wrote:
>
> I want to join all lines that are inside a given pattern and occurs more
> than once in the text, ie:
>
> ....
> PatternStart ....
> ....text1
> ....text2
> ...text3
> ..text4
> PatternEnd
> ...
> ...
>
>
> PatternStart ....
> ....text1
> ....text2
> ...text3
> ..text4
> ...
> ...textn
> PatternEnd
> ....
>
>
> ...
> PatternStart ........text1....text2...text3..text4PatternEnd
> ....
> ....
>
> PatternStart ........text1....text2...text3..text4... ...textnPatternEnd
> ....
>
>
> I tried to use:
> :g/PatternStart\_.\{-}PatternEnd/ J
>
> but this joins only first and second line of the pattern.
>
> How can I tell vi to join all lines inside all occurrences of this
> pattern with variable containing lines?
the pattern you supplied only specifies a single line range. If you want
to join a whole block you must give a start address and an end address,
e.g.
:g/PatternStart/,/PatternEnd/j
Regards,
Jürgen
--
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere
in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin)
