Re: delete last character of multiple lines

On 2013-05-08 19:15, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> On 08/05/2013 18:29, Jürgen Krämer wrote:
> > :'<,'>s/.$//
>
> Does the '.' replace a character with nothing?

This is the method I'd default to. It's a standard search/replace
command. The pattern searched for is "any one character ('.') at the
end of the line ('$')" and replaces it with nothing (there's nothing
between the 2nd and 3rd slashes as a replacement).

You can visualize it by making the replacement something like "XXXX":

:'<,'>s/.$/XXXX

(the trailing "/" is optional when you don't have any flags to
include). You can then "u"ndo that to return to your original
document. Also, when there are no flags *AND* no replacement value,
the whole thing can be shortened to just

:'<,'>s/.$

-tim


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