I need to search for lines which contain some word but do not contain a second word.
For example, find lines that contain the word "This" but not the word "red"
so that for a file containing these lines
This is a blue coat This is a red coat This is a purple coat That is a coat The search would locate the first and third lines only.
Thanks for any advice!
And there is also another way with :global command, as follows:
:g/This\C/v/red/p and the first :g command filter the lines contains This, and then passed into the second :v command to show lines that don't contain red, and at last, p (short for print) is applied to those lines with matches.
This is the charm of vim.
\C does please? \C in regex means case-sensitive, and \c (with lower c) means case-insensitive. For more details, you can :h \C. @ syntax above but couldn't get it to work in your setting :g command, you shold know :g! or :v command. If not, please do :h :v. :g recursively was disallowed in older versions You can use this command to print lines containing This and not red:
:g/\(.*This\)\&\(.*red\)\@! \& separates the branches like a logical AND because we want the lines that satisfy the two conditions (branches),\(.*This\) is the first branch, it could simply be This but it is more generic that way,\(.*red\)\@! is the second branch, \@! means "zero width match if the preceding atom doesn't match", like a logical NOT.In other words:
\(.*This\) \& \(.*red\)\@! °°°°°°°°°° °° °°°°°°°°°°°° 'This' AND NOT 'red' Take a look at this post.
Combine it with @romainl answer and you can do whatever you want.
Example: Let's say I want to add a const to the functions which doesn't have them.
handleChange = value => { VIM script:
%s/\([ ]*\)\(\w* = .*$\)\&^\(\&\(.*const.*\)\@!.\)*$/\1const \2/gc Output:
const handleChange = value => { Explanation:
\([ ]*\)\(\w* = .*$\) - get me all lines which has word =
\& - combine rules
^\(\&\(.*const.*\)\@!.\)*$ - the line shouldn't contain const.
