Marco
Reputation: 4395
Vim: Searching and Replace regex fails
Content:
1. Text is here.
20. More text.
Why does this Vim search and replace string fail?
:%s/^\d+\.\s+/# /g
Upvotes: 0
Views: 328
Answers (2)
Brian Rasmussen
Reputation: 116501
The + must be escaped in Vim's version of regex. So use \+.
Upvotes: 2
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Reputation: 799520
Some metacharacters need to be escaped in order to take effect:
:%s/^\d\+\.\s\+/# /g
Upvotes: 6
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