Delete only lines which start with a semicolon

stephans · Nov 19, 2005#12005-11-19T16:07+00:00

I want to delete onliy lines in a file, which starts with a semicolon. e.g.:
; comment ...

Lines which have a semicolon in the line like

path=".;..\;"
precision=14 ;comment ...

should not be deleted!

But my macro delete those lines although i use Find RegExp "^;"
So does anybody know what is wrong? This is the macro:

HexOff
Top
InsertMode
Loop
Find RegExp "^;"
IfFound
DeleteLine
EndIf
EndLoop

mrainey56 · Nov 19, 2005#22005-11-19T18:35+00:00

Maybe just try a regular expression search and replace (Unix mode)

Find What: ^;.*\p
Replace With:

meaning, replace with nothing at all.

stephans · Nov 19, 2005#32005-11-19T19:17+00:00

Thanks for help - I tried it but, it does not work
I thought it should be simple ...

mrainey56 · Nov 19, 2005#42005-11-19T19:49+00:00

It is simple. Try the same thing in macro form.

InsertMode
ColumnModeOff
HexOff
UnixReOn
Top
Find RegExp "^;.*\p"
Replace All ""

stephans · Nov 19, 2005#52005-11-19T20:03+00:00

yes it works - thanks a lot ... greetings from Munich
Stephan

Mofi · Nov 20, 2005#62005-11-20T13:50+00:00

I guess, the single regular expression did not work, because your setting for regular expression was UltraEdit style. For UltraEdit style regular expression the search string is %;*^p.

However, after running the macro from mrainey56, you now have activated Unix style regular expression. The macro commands UnixReOn or UnixReOff modifies this setting.
For UltraEdit v11.10c and lower see Advanced - Configuration - Find - Unix style Regular Expressions.
For UltraEdit v11.20 and higher see Advanced - Configuration - Searching - Unix style Regular Expressions.