HI I have list of files in a dir, each file has a key=value pair kind of
entries so it basically a  prop file .I want to  change all they key=value
in all  file to key,value is it possible using vim ,    sorry if it is off
topi

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 Vickyb

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  vim *.txt
  :argdo %s/=/,/e|w

or slightly less recklessly,

  vim *.txt
  :set hidden
  :argdo %s/=/,/e
(survey the changes)
  :xa       " if they're good save & quit all, or
  :qa!      " if they're bad, abandon all changes

The :s command could be made more complex to tighten the
requirements, something like

  %s/^\w\+\zs\s*=\s*\ze\</,/e

which ensures that there's a "word" at the beginning of the line,
followed by some optional whitespace (that will removed), the equals
sign (which will get changed to a comma) followed by more optional
whitespace (that will also get removed), followed by the start of a
word.  This can be tweaked depending on the particulars of your
use-case.

-tim

Thanks tim that  did help

I was able to do that but i have some unwanted lines in a file

i just want line that have a pattern , below is the file

#Generated by ResourceBundle Editor
# en Resource Bundle
#
# filename: FormsNRefsPortletResource_en.properties
# Portlet Info resource bundle example
Matches , \u0E15\u0E23\u0E07\u0E01\u0E31\u0E1A
Select , \u0E40\u0E25\u0E37\u0E2D\u0E01
choice1Label ,
\u0E40\u0E02\u0E49\u0E32\u0E23\u0E31\u0E1A\u0E01\u0E32\u0E23\u0E23\u0E31\u0 E01\u0E29\u0E32

desired file should be like

Matches , \u0E15\u0E23\u0E07\u0E01\u0E31\u0E1A
Select , \u0E40\u0E25\u0E37\u0E2D\u0E01
choice1Label ,
\u0E40\u0E02\u0E49\u0E32\u0E23\u0E31\u0E1A\u0E01\u0E32\u0E23\u0E23\u0E31\u0 E01\u0E29\u0E32

that i want lines whic have \u0E15 these kind of stsring others i want to
delete

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  :set hidden
  :argdo v/\\u\x\x\x\x/d

then review your changes and either save/abandon the changes.

Alternatively, if you have your original file and just want to keep
the "=" lines even if they don't have hex digits on them (might be
integers or something else?), you can preprocess with

  :argdo v/=/d

to delete all the lines that don't contain an "=".  You can then run
the previously-provided command to change the "=" to ",".

If you just want to delete those lines starting with a hash, you can use

  :argdo g/^\s*#/d

to delete them.

-tim

THanks Tim dont get me wrong on this i have another query hope u wont mind,

  now i have 4 file where each file has key,value data , now i want to
compare all the files get all the lines which have common keys in it , say

 file1            file2                     file3           file
tim,chase    tom,someting    tom,wright   chase,w
tom,jerry      vinay,b              sachin,b      tom,m

out put would be
tom,chase
tom,jerry
tom,wright
tom,m

is this  possible in vim

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I guess you can use the :g command (":help :g"):

:argdo :g/^tom/#

:argdo  - do the command for every file in the arg list
:g      - run the # command (:help :#) for every line matching the pattern between /.../

If you want to put the output into another buffer you can do redirect it
to a register and paste it somewhere:

:redir @a
:argdo :g/^tom/
:redir end

Now you can paste the output using: "ap in normal mode.

If there is no command specified for the :g command it just prints the
line (:# prints the line with the line number).

Best,
Marcin

Operating across multiple files in vim is not always the easiest
thing to do, so I'd suggest a quick external script in
bash/perl/python/ruby.

-tim

How about

1)  Concatenate and sort all the files, either outside vim and load them into vim, or in, say

    :for x in expand('file*',0,1) | exe 'r ' . x | endfor | sort

2) Decorate those of interest, say

    :%s/^\(\(.\{-}\),.*\)\n\(\2,.*\)$/\1@!@\r\3@!@/

3) Delete the uninteresting:

    :v/@!@/d

4) Remove the decorations:

    :%s/@!@//

Steps 2,3,4 could be combined using a look behind regex, I imagine.

Regards, John

currently i am java developers who is addicted to eclipse( java ide),
notepad++
would it help me if i start learning vim consider it steep learning curve
may not be now but would it help me in the long run

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:34 AM, John Little <John.B.Lit...@gmail.com>wrote:

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Vim is not a very good IDE by itself but is an EXCELLENT text editor. And the eclim plugin for Eclipse and Vim lets you access many of the Eclipse developer tools you like from within Vim:

http://eclim.org

Next time please start a new thread rather than responding to an old one for a new topic like this.