remove lines without :

f000ker · Post by **f000ker** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:22 pm

is there away to remove lines that dont contain domthing for example
dsfsdfdfsdf:dsffdsd
dsfssfssdffsfsfs
gdhgfhhgshgf:fdgdgfdfdg
gdgfgfdgdfgdfgdgfdgfdg:343434
344334443:454545

it would remove dsfssfssdffsfsfs because it doesnt have :

Anyone?

s_reynisson · Post by **s_reynisson** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:27 pm

Do a find on the ":" with mark all. Invert all bookmarks, delete bookmarked lines. HTH

f000ker · Post by **f000ker** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:28 pm

s_reynisson wrote:Do a find on the ":" with mark all. Invert all bookmarks, delete bookmarked lines. HTH

ah smart thanks

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:05 pm

Since it's a single character (":") that you're looking for the absence of, you can search for the regular expression that matches lines containing only characters that aren't ":"
^[^:]*\n
and replace them with nothing.

f000ker · Post by **f000ker** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:41 am

nice 2 good responces thanks guys

ben_josephs wrote:Since it's a single character (":") that you're looking for the absence of, you can search for the regular expression that matches lines containing only characters that aren't ":"
^[^:]*\n
and replace them with nothing.

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:20 pm

Code: Select all

^[^:]*\n

Works for a single character. How do I do this for multiple characters?

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:18 pm

You can't. Use s_reynisson's method instead.