THanks Tim dont get me wrong on this i have another query hope u wont mind,
now i have 4 file where each file has key,value data , now i want to compare all the files get all the lines which have common keys in it , say file1 file2 file3 file tim,chase tom,someting tom,wright chase,w tom,jerry vinay,b sachin,b tom,m out put would be tom,chase tom,jerry tom,wright tom,m is this possible in vim On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Tim Chase <v...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > On 11/07/12 07:07, vicky b wrote: > > I was able to do that but i have some unwanted lines in a file > > > > i just want line that have a pattern , below is the file > > > > #Generated by ResourceBundle Editor > > # en Resource Bundle > > # > > # filename: FormsNRefsPortletResource_en.properties > > # Portlet Info resource bundle example > > Matches , \u0E15\u0E23\u0E07\u0E01\u0E31\u0E1A > > Select , \u0E40\u0E25\u0E37\u0E2D\u0E01 > > choice1Label , > > > \u0E40\u0E02\u0E49\u0E32\u0E23\u0E31\u0E1A\u0E01\u0E32\u0E23\u0E23\u0E31\u0E01\u0E29\u0E32 > > > > > > desired file should be like > > > > Matches , \u0E15\u0E23\u0E07\u0E01\u0E31\u0E1A > > Select , \u0E40\u0E25\u0E37\u0E2D\u0E01 > > choice1Label , > > > \u0E40\u0E02\u0E49\u0E32\u0E23\u0E31\u0E1A\u0E01\u0E32\u0E23\u0E23\u0E31\u0E01\u0E29\u0E32 > > > > > > that i want lines whic have \u0E15 these kind of stsring others i want to > > delete > > Well, there are a couple options, again using ":argdo" to iterate > over all the files. If you want to keep lines that contain > "backslash u hex-digit hex-digit hex-digit hex-digit", you can do > > :set hidden > :argdo v/\\u\x\x\x\x/d > > then review your changes and either save/abandon the changes. > > Alternatively, if you have your original file and just want to keep > the "=" lines even if they don't have hex digits on them (might be > integers or something else?), you can preprocess with > > :argdo v/=/d > > to delete all the lines that don't contain an "=". You can then run > the previously-provided command to change the "=" to ",". > > If you just want to delete those lines starting with a hash, you can use > > :argdo g/^\s*#/d > > to delete them. > > -tim > > > -- *Thanks & Regards Vickyb * -- 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