RE: [h-e-w] Removing lines that match a pattern

[Moore, Mathew L]

I have to say that this list is by far the most helpful mailing list I've
ever seen.  I always get an anwer and that answer arrives almost
immediately.  Thanks for all your help!

--Matt


> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:40 AM
> To: Moore, Mathew L
> Cc: 'address@hidden'
> Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Removing lines that match a pattern
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> >>>>> "matt" == Moore, Mathew L <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> matt> I would like to remove the lines of a (very long) file 
> that start with a
> matt> specific pattern.  Do I need to write a lisp function, 
> or does anyone know a
> matt> way to do it with regexp?
> 
> matt> I've tried 
> 
> matt>   Replace regexp: SOME HEADER\(.*\) with: 
> 
> matt> (just hitting RET after the with), but this only 
> removes the text of the
> matt> line, not the line itself.
> 
> If I understand you correctly, you need to include the EOL character.
> What should work is:
> 
>   Replace regexp: ^SOME HEADER\(.*\)^J with:
> 
> Note that I added the ^ to the beginniing to match the start 
> of the the line.
> In interactive mode, to get ^J, type ^Q^J (thats ctrl-Q ctrl-J)
> 
> matt> Unfortunately, I don't know Emacs Lisp, but maybe this 
> is a good time to
> matt> start learning?
> 
> Always a good time, it'll serve you well.
> 
> ...cj
> 
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