On Tue, 18 May 2010, Jeremiah Martell wrote: > I cant figure out how to search for "newline followed by non-newline" using > vim. > > So if I have a file like this: > > a b c > d e f > g > > h i j > k l > > m n o > p q > > I want to find the newlines after c, f, j, and o, but not after g or l. > > What's the regular expression look like for this?
\n...@! That's: \n newline \...@! not-followed-by newline See :help \...@! Depending on what you're using the pattern for, you might also get away with using just: \n\n E.g., to join lines that aren't followed by a blank line: :v/\n\n/normal J -- Best, Ben -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
