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Editing large HTML file. Would like to do something like:

:/<blockquote>/,/<\/blockquote>/s/^\(\s\s\+\)\(<[^>].\{-}>\)/\1  \2/g

So basically just trying to indent all between the tag lines. I thought this was possible, but perhaps I mangled the syntax.

Thanks,

This line works for me (at least, it does something.) Maybe the problem is that it doesn't do exactly what you wanted? In that case, can you please explain what you wanted it to do that's different from what it's doing right now? Please edit your question to add an explanation. — filbranden, Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 16:10

grossdm · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-20 01:29:11Z

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Is sed an option?

sed -r '/<blockquote>/,/<\/blockquote>/{s/^(\s\s\+)(<[^>].\{-}>)/\1  \2/g}'

answered Aug 20, 2019 at 1:29

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I mean, technically, probably, but considering this is Vi and Vim you probably should add some information regarding how you could do this with vi/vim.
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Commented Aug 20, 2019 at 3:21

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D. Ben Knoble · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-20 03:23:03Z

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If you want to indent html, use the indent operator = with the inner-tag text object it:

answered Aug 20, 2019 at 3:23

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