From: Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb.bulk@gmail.com>
To: brooklynwhite <white805@umn.edu>
Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to kill line beginning with specific string
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:43:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874oorui9j.wl%djcb@djcbsoftware.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <26413518.post@talk.nabble.com>
>>>>> brooklynwhite <white805@umn.edu> writes:
> I need to figure out how to kill a series of lines in a text file that all
> begin with the same string. The format of the lines is:
> 2000 001 00 AIR TEMP 354
> The second and third expressions in the line change with subsequent lines,
> e.g.:
> 2000 002 01 AIR TEMP 354
> Is there a simple way for me to search for and kill all of these lines
> without having to repeatedly enter the search mode and type ctrl-k when the
> line is found? I realize this may be a silly question so thanks for your
> patience and help.
M-x flush-lines
Best wishes,
Dirk.
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2009-11-18 18:51 How to kill line beginning with specific string brooklynwhite
2009-11-19 6:43 ` Dirk-Jan C. Binnema [this message]
2009-11-19 17:12 ` brooklynwhite
2009-11-19 10:14 ` Peter Dyballa
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2009-11-19 10:45 ` Miles Bader
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2009-11-19 8:47 ` Giorgos Keramidas
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