Select several lines untill a specific symbol

Question

I have the next lines of text in a file:

eslint.vim
flow.vim
jscs.vim
jshint.vim
standard.vim
xo.vim

How can I yank names (without '.vim' part)?

Even better would be to format it to look like this:

'eslint', 'flow', 'jscs', 'jshint', 'standard', 'xo'

Answer 1

I think the easiest solution is to use two substitute commands:

First remove the .vim part, join all the lines and add comma between the words:

:'<,'>s/.vim/\n/, /

That will give you this:

eslint, flow, jscs, jshint, standard, xo, 

Then surround the words with quotes:

:s/\w\+/'\0'/g

You'll get:

'eslint', 'flow', 'jscs', 'jshint', 'standard', 'xo', 

Note the last comma that you might need to delete with $x for example.