finding lines NOT beginning with a certain character

finding lines NOT beginning with a certain character

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NewbieNewbie
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    Jan 27, 2006#1

    I know that to find lines beginning with the letter A, for instance, I would simply put %A in the search box (and check regular expressions). But how would I find all lines NOT beginning with the letter A? I've tried %[^A] but that doesn't work. My goal is to find all lines in a very large pipe-delimited text file NOT beginning with a handful of certain characters and numbers.

    Thanks very much.

    Jeff
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    MasterMaster
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      Jan 28, 2006#2

      This works in Unix regex mode

      ^[^a]
      Software For Metalworking
      http://closetolerancesoftware.com
      6,675585
      Grand MasterGrand Master
      6,675585

        Jan 28, 2006#3

        And for UltraEdit style it is %[~A].
        Best regards from an UC/UE/UES for Windows user from Austria
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        NewbieNewbie
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          Jan 30, 2006#4

          Thank you both very much. - Jeff