vi to remove lines in file

kjbaumann · #1 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

All,

I have a text file with several entries like below:

personname
personname.domain.com

I know there is a way to use vi to remove only the personname.domain.com line. Can someone help? I believe that it involves /s/g/ something...I just can't remember the exact syntax.

Thanks

kjbaumann · #2 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

I got it:

:g/outdated/d

This command tells vi to do a global search for "outdated" and to delete any line containing that text.

:g/out dated/d

This command tells vi to do a global search for "out dated" and to delete any line containing that text--including the space.

uniesh · #3 (**permalink**) 03-13-2009

go to editor mode of vi and type :'g/outdated/d'. this wil delete all lines with the worh outdated.

You can also use :'1,10/outdated/d' to delete lines from 1 to 10 with the word outdated.

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