CODEWITHSUNDEEP
vim
Rook
Rook

Reputation: 62568

Highlighting angular brackets and their contents if they are at the beginning of a line

In Vim, how do I highlight (match, to be precise) only the angular brackets and their contents if they are at the beginning of a line, in the following

[1-2-A 3.2.1.] Text goes here ... some more text ...  
which then continues here. [This should not be highlighted]
Some more text here.

The second pair should not be highlighted.

I'd appreciate any help on this one!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 317

Answers (1)

kev
kev

Reputation: 161914

This short pattern works:

/^\[.*\]

Long version(if nested brackets are not allowed):

/^\[[^][]*\]

Non-greedy version

^\[.\{-}\]

Upvotes: 5

Related Questions