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To make the quantifier non-greedy you simply follow it with a '?' the first 3 characters and then the following 'ab' is matched. greedy by appending a '?' symbol to them: *?, +?, ??, {n,m}?, and {n,}?.
It means the greedy quantifiers will match their preceding elements as much as possible to return to the biggest match possible. On the other hand, the non-greedy quantifiers will match as little as possible to return the smallest match possible. non-greedy quantifiers are the opposite of greedy ones.
The standard quantifiers in regular expressions are greedy, meaning they match as much as they can, only giving back as necessary to match the remainder of the regex. By using a lazy quantifier, the expression tries the minimal match first.
In normal mode, press / to start a search, then type the pattern ( \<i\> ), then press Enter. If you have an example of the word you want to find on screen, you do not need to enter a search pattern. Simply move the cursor anywhere within the word, then press * to search for the next occurrence of that whole word.
Instead of .* use .\{-}.
%s/style=".\{-}"//g
Also, see :help non-greedy
Non greedy search in vim is done using {-} operator. Like this:
%s/style=".\{-}"//g
just try:
:help non-greedy
What's wrong with
%s/style="[^"]*"//g
If you're more comfortable PCRE regex syntax, which
you have [g]vim compiled with perl feature, test using
:ver and inspect features; if +perl is there you're good to go)
try search/replace using
:perldo s///
Example. Swap src and alt attributes in img tag:
<p class="logo"><a href="/"><img src="/caminoglobal_en/includes/themes/camino/images/header_logo.png" alt=""></a></p>
:perldo s/(src=".*?")\s+(alt=".*?")/$2 $1/
<p class="logo"><a href="/"><img alt="" src="/caminoglobal_en/includes/themes/camino/images/header_logo.png"></a></p>
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