Re: A delete questions in vim

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From: Tad McClellan
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 00:00

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Ilya (ibelooze@runet.edu) wrote:

:  dfA

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


:%s/^[^A]*A//


pretty much the same with sed:

sed -e 's/^[^A]*A//' filename


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Subject: Re: A delete questions in vim
Date: 1997/02/16
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