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191.Advanced search and replace -- How to batch remove/delete lines started by "address:"?

User: editor -- 2008-06-16 << 190 192 >>

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Description:

How to batch remove lines started by "address:"?

Input Sample:

name:aaa
address:bbbbbbbbbbbbbb
age:22
telephone:11111111
name:aaa2
address:bbbbbbbbbbbbbb
age:13
telephone:555555555

Output Sample:

name:aaa
age:22
telephone:11111111
name:aaa2
age:13
telephone:555555555

Answer:

Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps.

1. ctrl-o open your text file
2. ctrl-h open 'Replace' dialog
* set 'Replace Unit' to 'Line'
* set 'Search for pattern'

* set nothing in 'Replace with Pattern'
3. click 'Replace', done!

Note: here "^address" is a regular expression, "^" means the begin of a line.

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