how do u a delete a line

yaakove2005 · Post by **yaakove2005** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:54 am

guys how do u a delete a line if say i found "vst" on that line??

and checking the whole file!!

thanks

jack

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:41 am

In TextPad:

Search for ^.*vst.*\n
Replace with: NOTHING
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I don't know if that works in WildEdit.

Use the following settings:
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[X] Regular expression
Replace All
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Configure | Preferences | Editor
[X] Use POSIX regular expression syntax
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Suggest having a backup copy of the original before proceeding with mass changes/deletes.

the_egg_man · Post by **the_egg_man** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:26 pm

How would it be done if the opposite criteria was used? For example, to delete every line that does not contain the literal string "vst".

Thanks

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:37 pm

Find what: ^(?!.*vst).*\r?\n
Replace with: [nothing]

[X] Regular expression

Options
[X] '.' does not match a newline character

Of course, this will not work in TextPad.