Re: autocommand to replace special characters into a file.

On 14/11/11 12:52, Eddine wrote:
> yes I know s/string1/string2 will not replace ^M or ^A ;
> I just want to make a first try to replace string1 to string2 first
> before replacing "string1" by "^M"
>
> 2011/11/14 Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com
> <mailto:antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com>>
>
> On 14/11/11 11:37, Eddine wrote:
>
> Hello
> At work I have to edit regurlarly files containing special
> characters
> like*^M or ^A*
>
> for the moment Im' at the first stage where I just try to make
> replace a
> string by another one in my autocommand:
>
> *au VimEnter,BufNewFile,BufRead,__BufEnter *.log
> s/string1/string2/*
>
>
> But this doesn't give me good results:
> Wehn opeining a .log file, Vim prompts me to know if I want to
> replace
> the first occurence ;
> hitting "y" (yes key) change the first matching one then brings
> me error
> messages :
>
> E488: trailing characters
> E486: pattern not found string1
>
> Any mean to make it replace all matching strings whitout
> prompting and
> without error ?
> Thanks in adavance for your help.
> Eddine.
>
>
> _Exactly_ what command did you use? s/string1/string2 (where string1
> is six letters, Sierra Tango Romeo India November Golf, and the
> digit one) will never replace a ^M or a ^A
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
> There was a gay countess of Bray,
> And you may think it odd when I say,
> That in spite of high station,
> Rank and education,
> She always spelled cunt with a "k".
>
>

Well,
s/string1/string2
will replace "string1" by "string2" in the current line
only, and give an error if there is no match.

See
:help range
to replace in the whole file
:help :s_flags
to give no error for no match
and near the bottom of the list given at
:help /ordinary-atom
about replacing a "special" (e.g. non-printable)
character.

Best regards,
Tony.
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