Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:32:28 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Regex Help - Greedy vs. Non-Greedy Message-ID: <4AA7D89C.4020706@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <20090909162146.GB96342@torus.slightlystrange.org> References: <4AA7D49D.8090002@mykitchentable.net> <20090909162146.GB96342@torus.slightlystrange.org>
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Daniel Bye wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 09:15:25AM -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > >> I'm trying to do a search and replace in vim. I have lines like this: >> http://site1/dir/; >> http://site2/dir/;LastName, FirstName;Phone; >> http://site3/dir/;LastName, FirstName; >> http://site4/dir/; >> >> I'm want to match "http:*" and stop matching at the first ";". My basic >> regex is: >> >> /http:.\+;/ >> >> But it's matching *all* the semi-colons. Thus I've Googled and tried >> various incatations to try and make my regex "non-greedy" but I can't >> seem to come up with the correct combination. >> >> How can I write a regex that stops matching at the first semi-colon? >> > > Tested in vi, not vim: > > /http:[^;]*/ > > Dan > Thanks for your reply. I tried it in vim (or more specifically, gvim 7.2) and your example matches all semi-colons. However in vi, it does stop at the first semi-colon as you say. Can anyone please explain the difference? Thanks, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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