How to remove lines that start with a string?

[benka]

Hello

I have a text file:

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jkjfklgjdfslgj
jhdfkghdfkjs
zerjzeko
STRING1 gkmlkgmtlr
dfkljgsdlk
fgdkglmdf
gfdsjklm
fgd
STRING1 gdf4s56'"(_çà)à
STRING1 gkmlkgmtlr
dfkljgsdlk
fgdkglmdf
gfdsjklm
fgd
STRING1 ghfhgdf

How to delete all lines beginning with STRING1 ?

Thank you!

[SteveH]

You need to perform the following search and replace:

Find what:

^STRING1

With regular expression enabled and POSIX regular expression syntax enabled in the general preferences.

I'm assuming from your example that STRING1 does not vary and that it is always at the start of a line.The character '^' indicates the start of a line. Just leave the Replace with field empty.

Please note there is a space after '^STRING1'.

Hope this helps.

[benka]

Thank you for the reply.

But it does not work ... I use Textpad version 5.3.1 and I have POSIX enabled in preferences.

When I do a search and replace, only STRING1 disappears ... The rest of the line remains

Ideas?

[ben_josephs]

Find what: ^STRING1.*\n
Replace with: [nothing]

[X] Regular expression

Replace All

[benka]

Find what: ^STRING1.*\n
Replace with: [nothing]

[X] Regular expression

Replace All

Still doesn't work...

The STRING1 is "Nbre Destinataires Potentiels : "

[benka]

Sorry : it works!

Many thanks for all your help!