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Nachiket Gokhale writes:

> How do I delete all lines starting with
>
> "ESPN"
>
> And, the opposite:
>
> How do I delete all lines not starting with
>
> "ESPN"
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -Nachiket

delete-matching-lines		  M-x ... RET
   Delete lines containing matches for REGEXP.
delete-non-matching-lines	  M-x ... RET
   Delete all lines except those containing matches for REGEXP.

Martin
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