Re: A delete questions in vim

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From: R.Balasubramanian
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 00:00

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>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Grossjohann
>>>>> <grossjohann@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

>>>>> Ilya  writes:
    Ilya> will delete to and including "A" character on a line in the
    Ilya> command mode. How do I do the same thing globally - to every
    Ilya> line in the file? Is there a simpler solution in emacs or
    Ilya> with sed?

    Kai> Emacs:
    Kai> M-x query-replace-regexp RET ^[^A]*A RET RET
    Kai> Then, hit "!" to skip the yes/no questions.

vim:
ESC: %s/^[^A]*A//RET
Same thing really ... :-)
Hope this helps,
Mani.

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From: R.Balasubramanian <ee_95152@_ee.iitm.ernet.in>
Subject: Re: A delete questions in vim
Date: 1997/02/23
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