A vi question

[Brian McKee]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, stan<stanb at panix.com> wrote:
> vi is a continuing learning experinece :-)
Until the day I die I expect :-)

> :.,$s/^*OTE/OTE/
> But * is not the appropriate wildcard here in vi.
As Rashkae pointed out - .*  not just *

But your data had TWO 'OTE' strings in it.
Do you need the first one or the last one?  As shown it's the last one
you'll get.
If you want only up to the first one (non-greedy) try
:.,$s/^.\{-}OTE/OTE/

HTH
Brian
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