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On Aug 11, 6:59 am, Nachiket Gokhale <gokha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I delete all lines starting with
>
> "ESPN"
>
> And, the opposite:
>
> How do I delete all lines not starting with
>
> "ESPN"

LOL.

Type

Alt+x delete-matching-lines
Alt+x delete-non-matching-lines

with

^ESPN

  Xah
=E2=88=91 http://xahlee.org/

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