Re: How to replace pattern with shell command's output using matched pattern

On 2021-09-04 14:07, Andreas Perstinger wrote:
> Alternatively, without using an external command:
>
> :%s_^\[\(\d\+\)_\="[" . strftime("%c", submatch(1))_

This is much better than the suggestion I gave, keeping it all
internal to vim. To clean it up, I'd tweak it to

:%s/\[\zs\d\+\ze\]/\=strftime("%c", submatch(0))

-tim




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