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

and checking the whole file!!

thanks

jack

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.

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

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.