replace string with deleted line

[engineerCnewbie]

I have a file that contains a bunch of lines with only the word "foo"
on it.

I want go through the entire file and remove the lines with the words
"foo". Not just remove the word, but the entire line.

How is this done in vim?

I tried :%s/foo//g

but it left the line

thank you!

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[jreidthompson]

On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 08:24 -0800, Jason wrote:

> I have a file that contains a bunch of lines with only the word "foo"
> on it.
>
> I want go through the entire file and remove the lines with the words
> "foo". Not just remove the word, but the entire line.
>
> How is this done in vim?
>
> I tried :%s/foo//g
>
> but it left the line
>
> thank you!
>
> >

$ grep -v foo thefile > newfile

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[Tinou-3]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 18:09, Reid Thompson <reid.thompson@...> wrote:

>
> On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 08:24 -0800, Jason wrote:
>> I have a file that contains a bunch of lines with only the word "foo"
>> on it.
>>
>> I want go through the entire file and remove the lines with the words
>> "foo". Not just remove the word, but the entire line.
>>
>> How is this done in vim?
>>
>> I tried :%s/foo//g
>>
>> but it left the line
>>
>> thank you!
>>
>> >
>
> $ grep -v foo thefile > newfile
>

:g/foo/d

Regards

--
Étienne

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[Tim Chase-9]

> I want go through the entire file and remove the lines with the words
> "foo". Not just remove the word, but the entire line.
>
> How is this done in vim?
>
> I tried :%s/foo//g
>
> but it left the line

You'd want

   :g/foo/d

-tim



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[Christian Brabandt-3]

Hi Jason!

On Di, 10 Nov 2009, Jason wrote:

> I want go through the entire file and remove the lines with the words
> "foo". Not just remove the word, but the entire line.

:g/foo/d

regards,
Christian
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[engineerCnewbie]

thank you everyone! That is pretty simple! I also appreciate the grep
example.

On Nov 10, 10:14 am, Christian Brabandt <cbli...@...> wrote:

> Hi Jason!
>
> On Di, 10 Nov 2009, Jason wrote:
>
> > I want go through the entire file and remove the lines with the words
> > "foo". Not just remove the word, but the entire line.
>
> :g/foo/d
>
> regards,
> Christian
> --
>   • It's one of those rare "perfect" kernels. So if it doesn't happen to
>     compile with your config (or it does compile, but then does unspeakable
>     acts of perversion with your pet dachshund), you can rest easy knowing that
>     it's all your own damn fault, and you should just fix your evil ways.
>        Torvalds, Linus (2006-11-29).

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[engineerCnewbie]

interestingly, I'm finding gvim might be faster and easier for
manipulating data than a spreadsheet.

On Nov 10, 10:14 am, Christian Brabandt <cbli...@...> wrote:

> Hi Jason!
>
> On Di, 10 Nov 2009, Jason wrote:
>
> > I want go through the entire file and remove the lines with the words
> > "foo". Not just remove the word, but the entire line.
>
> :g/foo/d
>
> regards,
> Christian
> --
>   • It's one of those rare "perfect" kernels. So if it doesn't happen to
>     compile with your config (or it does compile, but then does unspeakable
>     acts of perversion with your pet dachshund), you can rest easy knowing that
>     it's all your own damn fault, and you should just fix your evil ways.
>        Torvalds, Linus (2006-11-29).

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