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Asked: May 18, 20262026-05-18T10:31:12+00:00 2026-05-18T10:31:12+00:00

I think vim can really do this. I just don’t know my way arround

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I think vim can really do this. I just don’t know my way arround search and replace using regex. Can anyone help me around this one.

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Thanks to Chris below for helping me around this one. Here is the map.

map <leader>rc :%s@\v/\*([^*]\|[\r\n]\|(\*+([^*/]\|[\r\n])))*\*+/@@g<cr>
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    2026-05-18T10:31:12+00:00Added an answer on May 18, 2026 at 10:31 am

    :%s@/\*\([^*]\|[\r\n]\|\(\*\+\([^*/]\|[\r\n]\)\)\)*\*\+/@@g will get rid of all CSS comments (note that’s using @ rather than / as the delimiter to avoid escaping the \

    You can also use \v, the “very magic” flag (read :help \v), and not need to make the ()|+ characters magic: :%s@\v/\*([^*]|[\r\n]|(\*+([^*/]|[\r\n])))*\*+/@@g.

    (This answer is just extending jball’s answer by putting in the Vim syntax for it.)

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