Re: help for a command

On 22:46 Sun 28 Jul , Sven Guckes wrote:
> * Ajabu Tex <ajabutex@gmail.com> [2013-07-28 22:30]:
> > In an HTML file I want to solve the following task:
> > for every and all the lines that end with '-<br/>' (without quotes)
> > I want to delete the string '-<br/>' and
> > join the line with the following one.
>
> :g:-<br/>$:s:-<br/>$::|normal gJ
>
> the :global command basically tags all lines
> matching a pattern - and then the command after
> is (:substitute) is executed for each tagged line.
> the pipe separates from the next command which
> ":join"s the current line with the next one.
> however, the "join" command converts an EOL
> into a space. the "gJ" command simply
> joins without this conversion, but
> as it is a command within "normal mode"
> it requires the ":normal" workaround.
>
> see also:
> :help :g
> :help :s
> :help :bar
> :help :normal
> :help gJ
>
> and maybe there is a way to re-use the pattern from
> the global command within the substitution command.
>
> Sven
>
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A simpler way:

:%s/-<br\/>\_s*//

\_s matches for space or the end of line: :help \_s

Regards,
Marcin

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