kill buffers according to regex

kill buffers according to regex

[Matthew Huggett]

Hello all,

Is there any built-in command to kill all buffers that match a regex?

thanks,

Matthew

Re: kill buffers according to regex

[drkm]

Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp> writes:

> Is there any built-in command to kill all buffers that match a regex?

  I don't know.  IMHO, I think `C-x C-b', `d' on buffers you want to
delete, `x' to execute and `C-x 4 0' are a very easy way to kill
multiple buffers.

--drkm

Re: kill buffers according to regex

[Henrik Enberg]

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))))

Re: kill buffers according to regex

[Matthew Huggett]

>   From: drkm <usenet@fgeorges.org>
>   Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:13:55 +0100>
>
>   Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp> writes:
>
>>  Is there any built-in command to kill all buffers that match a regex?
>
>     I don't know.  IMHO, I think `C-x C-b', `d' on buffers you want to
>   delete, `x' to execute and `C-x 4 0' are a very easy way to kill
>   multiple buffers.
>
>   --drkm

Thanks, I'll give those a try.

Matthew

Re: kill buffers according to regex

[Matthew Huggett]

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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

Re: kill buffers according to regex

[Kevin Rodgers]

Matthew Huggett wrote:
>>  From: drkm <usenet@fgeorges.org>
>>  Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:13:55 +0100>
>>
>>  Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp> writes:
>>
>>
>>> Is there any built-in command to kill all buffers that match a regex?
>>
>>    I don't know.  IMHO, I think `C-x C-b', `d' on buffers you want to
>>  delete, `x' to execute and `C-x 4 0' are a very easy way to kill
>>  multiple buffers.
> 
> 
> Thanks, I'll give those a try.

By default `C-x C-b' runs the command list-buffers.  drkm must use the
same customization I do:

(global-set-key "\C-x\C-b" 'electric-buffer-list)

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

RE: kill buffers according to regex

[Drew Adams]

    By default `C-x C-b' runs the command list-buffers.  drkm must use the
    same customization I do:
    
    (global-set-key "\C-x\C-b" 'electric-buffer-list)


Or, if you prefer `buffer-menu', as I do:

    (substitute-key-definition 'list-buffers 'buffer-menu global-map)

Re: kill buffers according to regex

[drkm]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> By default `C-x C-b' runs the command list-buffers.  drkm must use the
> same customization I do:

> (global-set-key "\C-x\C-b" 'electric-buffer-list)

  Hum...  No.  I didn't know this command.  I just forgot the `C-x o'.
It's interresting.  Thanks for the link and the correction.

--drkm

Re: kill buffers according to regex

[Enila Nero]

Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp> writes:

> Hello all,
>
> Is there any built-in command to kill all buffers that match a regex?

This might be helpful in constructing such a function:

In midnight.el you find the function clean-buffer-list which is
controlled by several variables one of which is

clean-buffer-list-kill-regexps

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