Command to delete all the lines with specific string.

shreevamsi · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:00 pm

Hi,

My requirement is to select all the lines in a member with a particular string andl delete all the lines with single command.

Could anyone let me know the command. I remember there is a command for that. But couldn't recollect.

~Vamsi

superk · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:14 pm

Well, if it were me, and if I was editing the member in an ISPF EDIT session, I would first exclude all of the records containg the string:

X 'STRING' ALL

then I would delete all of the excluded records:

DEL X ALL

then I would save the edited data:

SAVE

shreevamsi · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:18 pm

superk,

What is the basic difference between DEL all X and DEL all NX

~Vamsi

superk · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:19 pm

One is DELETE ALL EXCLUDED.

The other is DELETE ALL NON-EXCLUDED.

They are inverse operations of each other.

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

Adding to what K suggested, you might want to enter "flip" (no quotes) on the cmd line after issuing the "X 'STRING' ALL".

This will allow you to see what you're deleting before you do. Many times you get more (or less) than you bargained for. You can also get the same result with:

x all;f all 'string'

If you're satisfied, then enter del all nx.