I have a python code something like this
file_out.write(str(i).strip()+"\t"+str(dict1[i]).strip()+"\n")
But when i try to recognize this with vim by saying on the file that was written.
:%s/\t/|/g
But it does not recognize the \t
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A:
:%s/\\t/|/g
because the \ is itself a special char that needs escaping with \
mhanney
2010-04-22 01:13:05
don't need to escape. if you escape it, you are actually searching for a literal \t.
ghostdog74
2010-04-22 01:21:34
He IS looking for a `\t` escape sequence appearing in his source code, so looking for literal `\t` is correct.
Ben Voigt
2010-04-22 03:17:14
A:
I'd do :%s/^V^I/|/g where ^V means control-V and ^I means control-I -- that's how you get a tab into your vim command!
Alex Martelli
2010-04-22 02:39:28
No need to type `<C-v>` unless `<Tab>` is mapped to something: substitute command does not have completion defined.
ZyX
2010-04-22 07:30:23