Re: Replacing a string which is in a line and not in the beginning?

On 26/01/14 09:04, Niels Kobschätzki wrote:
> On 26 Jan 2014, at 6:21, John Little wrote:
>
>> I suggest using \zs":
>>
>> :%s/.\zs- //g
>
> It works but what does the /. in there?
>
> Niels
>

: start of ex-command
% range, the whole file
s :s[ubstitute] command
/ from
. any character
\zs what will be replaced starts here
- (dash-space) replace this
// by nothing
g everywhere in the line

IOW, replace dash-space by nothing (any number of times per line, in the
whole file), but only if preceded by something on the same line.

Best regards,
Tony.
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