Re: delete only the short sentences

On 10/31/10 23:14, Joan Miquel Torres Rigo wrote:
> 2010/11/1 AMDx64BT<amdx64bt@gmail.com>:
>> And to keep only the sentences in the range 40-60 characters long and
>> delete the rest?
>
> :g/^.\{,39\}$/d
>
> and
>
> :g/\(^.\{,39\}$\)\|\(^.\{61,\}$\)/d

And to reverse the condition, one could use something like

:v/\%40c./d

("if there's a character at position 40, don't delete this row;
otherwise, delete it")

-tim

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