On 9/22/06, Eric Leenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
HiI have a file where I deleted all lines that don't contain a certain pattern For example I want to delete all lines that don't contain XXX and YYY. Before: [start of file] abcde XXX fghij YYY 12345 AAA 67890 BBB klmno XXX pqrst YYY 09876 XXX 54321 BBB &*()- XXX ,./;' YYY [end of file] After: [start of file] abcde XXX fghij YYY &*()- XXX ,./;' YYY [end of file]
:v/XXX.*YYY/d or :g!/XXX.*YYY/d Yakov
