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I'm trying to remove instances of the following:

add $t1, $zero, 9
sw $t1, 8($t4)

Where 9 could be any number, however 8 is consistent. If I copy this expression in Vim I get: ^Iadd $t1, $zero, 9^M^Isw $t1, 8($t4)^M

Of course if I want to search and replace (I do) I need to escape the $. I've also tried replacing ^I with \t and ^M with \r, but can't seem to match this expression. I've tried:

%s/\tadd \$t1, \$zero, \d\r\tsw \$t1, 8(\$t4)//
%s/^Iadd \$t1, \$zero, 9^M^Isw \$t1, 8(\$t4)^M//
%s/\tadd $t1, $zero, 9\r\tsw $t1, 8($t4)//

but I can't seem to get anything to match. What am I missing here? Pretty much everything in assembly (MIPS) looks the same, so solving this problem would be quite useful

I have also tried the following:enter image description here

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I would recommend using very magic mode for such searching. ^M is actually \n, not \r. I don't see tabs in the provided excerpt, but this seems to work (without tabs):

\vadd \$t1, \$zero, \d\nsw \$t1, 8\(\$t4\)

You can add those \t if they're present in your text.

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  • I tried that, but didn't seem to work. Posted screenshot results in questions. Also, when do you use \n and when use \r? Cause usually if I want to write something for search and replace I'll use \n for new line, but if I'm trying to match a text I use \r
    – luca590
    May 7, 2017 at 15:38
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    So maybe try to set hlsearch and set incsearch - this will make search more interactive, it will show you in real time if your search expression matches and what it matches. I test more complex patterns this way.
    – grodzik
    May 7, 2017 at 16:05

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