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rustom wrote:
> 1. In vi I can delete a line that contains a <pat> with :g/<pat>/d

Others have posted the best way do do this.  However, rather than 
searching for infrequently used commands, I typically just define a 
keyboard macro and replay it.

In this case, the macro would be:

- search for the pattern
- go to the beginning of the line
- kill the line