Re: VIM: How to split a line on spaces?
- From: Benjamin Esham <bdesham@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 23:08:15 GMT
Fred wrote:
> I have some lines of text in a file like this:
>
> this is the first line of text
> this is the second line of text
>
> How can I split these lines of text on the third and fifth space, so that
> they look like this:
>
> first line
> second line
Try
:%s/^\%(\S\+\s\+\)\{3}\(\S\+\s*\)\{2}.\+$/\1/
HTH,
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