<created>
[email protected]
</created>
I want to replace the above with but the username may vary i.e,[email protected] ,[email protected]...
<created>
[email protected]
</created>
What is the command to replace this in vim
%s/<created>\r*\r</created>/new string
It worked for me like this:
%s/<created>\n\s*\w*@\w*\n<\/created>/newstring/
If you wanted to re-insert the e-mail address you can use:
%s/<created>\n\s*\(\w*@\w*\)\n<\/created>/newstring: \1/
A bit of explanation:
\n: newline\s: spaces and tabs\w: any word character\( and \): capture what's inside\1: use the first captured expression