how to delete all occur of a character

[shawn bright]

lo there,

i have a file ( actually a group of them ) and i need to delete the
quotation marks in each file, i am sure that vim has a tool for this.

sk

[Przemyslaw Gawronski]

Hi

Post by shawn bright
i have a file ( actually a group of them ) and i need to delete the
quotation marks in each file, i am sure that vim has a tool for this.

vim file1 file2 ....

:argdo %s/\"//g<CR>
:xa<CR>

Przemek

[Przemyslaw Gawronski]

Post by Przemyslaw Gawronski
vim file1 file2 ....
:argdo %s/\"//g<CR>
:xa<CR>

Well, better do it this way:

:argdo %s/\"//g | update<CR>

Then vim will write only if there were any changes in the file.

Przemek

[Jean-Rene David]

Post by Przemyslaw Gawronski
:argdo %s/\"//g | update<CR>

" is not special, so no need to quote it.

:argdo %s/"//g | update<CR>

[Tim Chase]

Post by shawn bright
i have a file ( actually a group of them ) and i need to
delete the quotation marks in each file, i am sure that vim
has a tool for this.

For a single file, you want to use

:%s/"//g

For multiple files, you might want:

:set hidden
:argdo %s/"//g
(review your changes)
:wall

(to write all the changes).

If they're funky "windows" quotes, you may have to copy&paste
them, perhaps using control-R followed by whichever register
holds the copied quote (either an asterisk/plus-sign for the
system clipboard, or the double-quote register).

You can read more at

:help :s
:help i_CTRL-R
:help registers


Hope this helps,

-tim

[shawn bright]

hey there, thanks for your tips, works great.
sk

Post by Tim Chase

Post by shawn bright
i have a file ( actually a group of them ) and i need to
delete the quotation marks in each file, i am sure that vim
has a tool for this.

For a single file, you want to use
:%s/"//g
:set hidden
:argdo %s/"//g
(review your changes)
:wall
(to write all the changes).
If they're funky "windows" quotes, you may have to copy&paste
them, perhaps using control-R followed by whichever register
holds the copied quote (either an asterisk/plus-sign for the
system clipboard, or the double-quote register).
You can read more at
:help :s
:help i_CTRL-R
:help registers
Hope this helps,
-tim