I have a one liner in vim which I regularly use for find and replace.
I now want to use it to remove tags - something like this but I looks like I need to escape the / I'm not sure what am I missing.
:%s~<Validator>*</Validator>~~g
A:
use awk.
awk -vRS="</Validator>" '{gsub(/<Validator>.*/,"") }1' file
The above removes from tag to tag, even if they span multiple lines.
ghostdog74
2010-09-01 23:38:25
if sed is mentioned in the tag, i don't see why awk cannot be used.
ghostdog74
2010-09-02 00:27:23
can you use AWK within VIM in the same we I am using SED ??
wmitchell
2010-09-02 14:03:08
@imerez: You're not using sed; you're using vim's builtin :s[ubstitute] command.
Roger Pate
2010-09-03 07:35:08
ahh thanks Roger - good to know !
wmitchell
2010-09-08 10:43:59