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From: "Parker, Matthew" <MParker@seic.com>
To: "rustom" <rustompmody@gmail.com>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: some vi equivalents please?
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:01:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9E067A1AECCB154485D4CF7E4BEF4D8E0AA9C28E@post07.corp.seic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a27b3eaa-e29d-44e7-b1f4-86e32f5bbbc4@s1g2000prg.googlegroups.com>

M-x delete-matching-lines     -> delete lines that contain regexp
M-x flush-lines               -> synonym
M-x delete-non-matching-lines -> the reverse
M-x keep-lines                -> synonym

Matthew Parker

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+mparker=seic.com@gnu.org
[mailto:help-gnu-
> emacs-bounces+mparker=seic.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of rustom
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 11:09 AM
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: some vi equivalents please?
> 
> 1. In vi I can delete a line that contains a <pat> with
> :g/<pat>/d
> 
> How is this done in emacs?
> 
> 2. match-variables:
> If I want to remove everything after the second : (in a file that has
> 3 fields separated with two :'s)
> I do
> :s/\(.*\):\(.*\):.*/\1 \2
> How do I do that in emacs?
> 
> Thanks




  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-10-31 16:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-31 15:08 some vi equivalents please? rustom
2008-10-31 15:01 ` Toby Cubitt
2008-11-01 13:32   ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-11-01 18:47     ` Reiner Steib
2008-10-31 15:53 ` Teemu Likonen
2008-10-31 15:59 ` Drew Adams
2008-10-31 16:01 ` Parker, Matthew [this message]
2008-10-31 16:53 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-10-31 17:22   ` Joost Kremers
2008-10-31 17:34     ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-10-31 22:49       ` Xah
     [not found] ` <mailman.2577.1225468814.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-11-01 14:45   ` rustom
2008-11-01 14:52     ` rustom
2008-11-01 16:40       ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-11-01 17:07     ` Drew Adams
     [not found]     ` <mailman.2646.1225559243.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-11-02 15:30       ` rustom
2008-11-02 16:12         ` Drew Adams
     [not found]         ` <mailman.2710.1225642363.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-11-03  7:19           ` rustom
2008-11-03  9:10             ` Drew Adams
2008-11-03 16:24             ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-11-05 13:41 ` Ken Goldman
2008-11-06  7:08   ` rustom
2008-11-06 16:50     ` Drew Adams
2008-11-07 17:12       ` Johan Bockgård
2008-11-07 17:38         ` Drew Adams

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