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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

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]

Awesome!
Quick response which works perfect

Thanks a lot.
Marti

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>

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

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

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

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

[X] Regular expression

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

thanks!

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