Re: delete last character of multiple lines

On 08/05/2013 19:46, Tim Chase wrote:

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

Many thanks, Tim.

Cheers,

Phil...

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