DELETE TILL and DELETYE FROM

martib · Post by **martib** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:35 pm

hi!

what is the easiest way to delete all lines and signs (just everything)
from a file till a special word comes?

([[:alnum:]]+)stoprighthere did not work.

some for the rest. how do i delete everything from a word onward?
like: fromhere([[:alnum:]]+)

thanks! marti

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:59 pm

To delete everything up to but not including stoprighthere:

Find what: .*stoprighthere
Replace with: stoprighthere

[X] Regular expression

Options
[ ] '.' does not match a newline character [i.e., not selected]

To delete everything from and including fromhere:

Find what: fromhere.*
Replace with: [nothing]
[X] Regular expression

Options
[ ] '.' does not match a newline character [i.e., not selected]

martib · Post by **martib** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:28 pm

Awesome!
Quick response which works perfect

Thanks a lot.
Marti

martib · Post by **martib** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:14 pm

how do i do for just deleting from the line beginning to a specific sign, like:

<start>every7847.,.thing what5449-*is here has to go<untilhere>

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:41 pm

Please give examples of lines before and after the required deletion has been made.

martib · Post by **martib** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:48 pm

now it is :
<start>every7847.,.thing what5449-*is here has to go<untilhere>

afterwards should be like this:
<start><untilhere>

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:07 pm

Find what: <start>.*?<untilhere>
Replace with: <start><untilhere>

[X] Regular expression

Might it be time to take a look at the help?

martib · Post by **martib** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:34 pm

thanks!

yeah, it really gets time to read and search more here.