bulk remove row tag

jake1191

Hi, how can i remove a lot rows with this tag?

from a file xml

what’s the syntax for variable texts? into search box

Thank you

guy038

Hello Jake1191,

You don’t tell us, in your post, if you prefer :

(A) Remove all lines containing, exactly, the string <category domain="post_tag"......</category>
(B) Remove the string ^<category domain="post_tag"......</category> from all the lines, containing that string
(C) Remove ANY line, containing the string <category domain="post_tag"......</category>, as the line, below :

Some possible text BEFORE <category domain=“post_tag” …</category> Some possible text AFTER

Anyway, there’s a solution, with a search regular expression, for each of them :-) Note that, for any of them, the replacement zone must be EMPTY!

So :

For case (A), use the search regex (?-is)^<category domain="post_tag".+</category>\R

For case (B), use the search regex (?-is)<category domain="post_tag".+</category>

For case (C), use the search regex (?-is)^.*<category domain="post_tag".+</category>.*\R?

NOTES :

Of course, the Regular expression search mode must have been set, previously
These 3 regexes begin with the in-line modifiers (?-is) which ensures you that the search is done, in a sensitive way and that the dot . meta-character will match standard characters, only !
As usual, the \R syntax is a shortened form for matching any kind of EOL characters ( \r\n or \n or \r )
In the first case, the string <category domain="post_tag" … </category> is bounded to beginning of line ^ and to its EOL characters, which have to be taken in account, to delete the complete line
In the third case, the string <category domain="post_tag" … </category> is preceded, from beginning of line, by any range, even null, of standard characters and followed by any range, too, even null, of standard characters, then generally followed by its EOL characters,
The ?, after \R means 0 or 1 time the EOL character(s) , just in case the very last line which would end, without any EOL character !
In all cases, the search match is removed, because there’s NO replacement regex !

Best Regards,

guy038

jake1191

hi,
i must remove all the rows where there is the category’s tag.
Because there are thousands of lines style:
<category domain=“post_tag” nicename=“ambiente”><![CDATA[Ambiente]]></category>
but the “domain” must be “post_tag” , there are other values for “domain” that don’t must be removed.

ps: I apologize for my english

guy038

Hi, Jake1191,

From what you said, I think that my solution (C) does exactly what you would like to !

Indeed, any line, which contains the domain attribute, with a value different from the string post_tag, will NOT be removed :-)

Cheers,

guy038