Re: Emacs equivalent of the ":g" command in vi

[Deniz Dogan]

On 2011-07-22 12:02, C K Kashyap wrote:
>      > which could be as simple as in vi/vim.)
>     I think he want to delete lines matching a regexp, so C-k is not what he
>     wants here.
>
>     `query-replace-regexp' can be used with a regexp like this:
>
>     ^.*\(your_regexp\).*$
>
>     and you replace with nothing (empty prompt).
>
>     --
>
>
> replace-regexp is indeed closer to what I am looking for. However, I'd
> like the result to not leave blank lines.
>
> Regards,
> Kashyap

First, either move to the start of where you want to search OR make an 
active region (select) the parts where you want it to take effect.  M-< 
goes to the beginning of the buffer and C-x h marks the whole buffer, FYI.

Now, M-x delete-matching-lines RET your_regexp RET

Deniz