[TriLUG] Help with search and replace in vi using regexp

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Brian Blater wrote:

> I want to search for each line that begins with #EXT and is followed
> by any number of visible characters or spaces and delete that line.


dennis:~# cat foo.txt
abc
#EXT fooo fooo foo
not_#EXT

the previous line was blank
#--------------------


dennis:~# grep -v ^#EXT foo.txt
abc
not_#EXT

the previous line was blank
#--------------------


Joe


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