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From: rouben@math13.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian)
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Subject: Re: Deleting lines in Vi
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Date: 28 Nov 90 05:13:15 GMT
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In article <980@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> carterp@cc.wbl.deakin.OZ.AU (Phil Carter) writes:
>In Vi, how does one delete all lines containing a certain character
>string?
>
>Similarly, how does one delete all lines NOT containing a certain 
>character string?


To delete all lines containing "pattern":
	:g/pattern/d

To delete all lines not containing "pattern":
	:v/pattern/d

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