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How do I delete everything after a certain line

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:32 pm
by Guest
I have several thousand html files that need to be changed. I need to delete everything after:

"<!-- INSERT REPLIES -->"

Is there a way to do that?

Thank you

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:32 pm
by Abacre
Hi,

It's simply.

Search for:
"<!-- INSERT REPLIES -->".*\Z

Replace with:
put nothing in it. or "<!-- INSERT REPLIES -->" if you want to keep
"<!-- INSERT REPLIES -->" in resulting file.

BTW I guess you need it without double quotes:
Search for:
<!-- INSERT REPLIES -->.*\Z


So:
.* means any char.
\Z is end of file.

BTW, modifier S should be ON, M is ON, G is OFF.

I tested r.e. above it works perfectly.

Thank you Roman

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:32 pm
by Guest
Boy that was a fast reply :>)

Thank you Roman