Re: kill buffers according to regex

[Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp>]

>    From: Henrik Enberg <henrik.enberg@telia.com>
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>    Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:45:04 +0100
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>    Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp> writes:
> 
>    > Hello all,
>    >
>    > Is there any built-in command to kill all buffers that match a
>    > regex?
> 
>    (defun kill-buffers-matching (regexp)
>      (interactive "sKill buffers matching: ") (dolist (i
>      (buffer-list))
>        (when (string-match regexp (buffer-name i))
>          (kill-buffer i))))

Thank you very much for this Henrik.  I figured I'd have to use
buffer-list but wasn't sure of how to go about it.

Anyway, while I'm writing, as an Emacs/Elisp novice, I find this list
to be quite a friendly, helpful place, so thanks to all you more
experienced users for sharing your knowledge.


Regards,

Matthew