Re: Search in VI (VIM) for a string, then delete to end of line.

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On 2014-05-07 09:07, Nerdio wrote:
> I have a requirement which I am sure I can do in vi (plenty of
> other solutions I am sure), and this is it.
>
> I have a file that looks like this
>
> 1234 Some Text HERE rest of line
> 1235 Some Other Text HERE rest of line
>
> What I want to do is delete text from, and including the word HERE
> to the end of the line, leaving me with this;
>
> 1234 Some Text
> 1235 Some Other Text
>
> I have done search and replace things in vi, but am not sure how to
> do a search then run a command.

Since your command merely consists of deleting to the end of the
line, you can search for your string, followed by anything, and it
will delete:

:%s/HERE.*

or, if you want to make sure:

:%s/HERE.*//c

(which will prompt you for each one).

Additionally, it looks like you have some whitespace before your
"HERE", so you might actually want

:%s/\s\+HERE.*

which will clean that up as well.

-tim