vim: Move line containing pattern to the end of above line

Question

``` A : A() A : A(int) to A : A() A : A(int) ``` A() is the pattern I'm searching for (multi-line) and trying to append it to the previous line.

Accepted Answer

Using

```
:norm J
```

would work for your current input but I assume that the search is mandatory so you can use a global command like this

```
:g/\vA$.{-}$/normal kJ
```

Breakdown

```
g              -- start global command
\vA$.{-}$/   -- search for A followed by (<anything>)
normal kJ      -- for each match, execute k (line up), J (join lines)
```

Edit (cudo's to Peter)

As `-j` in command-line mode is equivalent with `kJ` in normal, you can shorten this to

```
:g/\vA$.{-}$/-j
```

or even shorter

```
:g/\vA$.*$/-j
```

but personally I prefer the lazy ({-}) instead of the greedy (*) quantifier.

vim: Move line containing pattern to the end of above line

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