On 03/02/2011 04:21 PM, raleighr3 wrote:
I understand what you want, file1.txt looks something like
...
<Folder><![CDATA[C:\work\sources\foo\bar\baz\MODULEX\lib]]></Folder>
...
<Folder><![CDATA[C:\work\sources\foo\bar\baz\MODULEX\lib]]></Folder>
...
and you have file2.txt which looks something like
...
spatula
kumquat
...
and you'd like the output to look something like
...
<Folder><![CDATA[C:\work\sources\foo\bar\baz\spatula\lib]]></Folder>
...
<Folder><![CDATA[C:\work\sources\foo\bar\baz\kumquat\lib]]></Folder>
...
such that the first instance of MODULEX gets replaced with the
first item in file2.txt, the second instance of MODULEX gets
replaced with the second item from file2.txt, etc until you run
out of matches in either file1.txt or file2.txt
You've hit the nail on the head. This is a perfect understanding of
what I'm after, sorry for the confusing explanation.
I think what I'd do is run a little magic over file2.txt to turn
it into vim commands that can then be executed:
" edit file2.txt
:e file2.txt
" convert the one-per-line replacements
" to commands that search for the next
" instance of "MODULEX" and replace it
" with the item from file2.txt
:%s@.*@:-/MODULEX/s//&
" yank the entire file/script
" into the scratch register
:%y
" split a window to open file1.txt to modify
:sp file1.txt
" execute the script as a macro
" (note this is normal-mode
" not an Ex command)
@"
Odd things may happen if
- you have entries in file2.txt that are replacement metachars
such as "\1", "&" or "/"
- your replacements include the value "MODULEX" which then may
get subsequently replaced.
Hope that helps you out,
-tim
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