i trying search , replace occurrences of backslashes followed single quote 1 backslash , quote. this:
everyone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s
everyone\'s
in vi.
it should replace: blah\\\\\\\'\'
blah\'\'
i unable fiqure out how it.
tried : :%s/\\\+\'/\\'/
works first one.
i tried: :%s/\\\+?\'/\\'/
dont work.
what should correct regex it?.
this worked requirement:
replace occurrences of backslashes followed single quote one backslash , quote.
%s/\\\+'/\\'/g
your 2 examples:
everyone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s -> everyone\'s blah\\\\\\\'\' -> blah\'\'
tested vim 7.3
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