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basic Tip #213: delet all lines containt TXT

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created:   February 10, 2002 10:43      complexity:   basic
author:   tarjei      as of Vim:   5.7

I needed this one when I was editing an ldif file:

I needed to delete all lines containing "profile":

:g/profile/d

very handydandy

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Additional Notes

[email protected], February 18, 2002 22:53
Can I get this tips in my INBOX??

Regards,
Seenu.
[email protected], August 17, 2003 22:36
use g/^$/d to delete all the blank lines in your file.

(I think there is an easier/faster way to do this, but I forget how)
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