How to replace / delete lines starts with a specific word in Eclipse?

Question

In some cases, I have to replace / delete lines starting with a specific word like "public" 'private' of the Java classes or <version> for the XML file.

  <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId> <version>${spring.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId> <version>${spring.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId> <version>${version.bean.validation.hibernate}</version> </dependency> 

Here, using find / replace, I want all lines to start with '<version>' . How to achieve this.

Answer 1

use this regex: ^\s+<version>.*$ This will delete all lines starting with <version> . Make sure you select the Regular Expression check box.

Answer 2

See image:

• add regex, as Jens ^\s+<version>.*$ correctly pointed out
• do not put anything here.
• Check regex parameter.
• Click Replace All .

Answer 3

Use the following regex to hide lines starting with "public" -

Regex Line Replacement

• public(.*)\R

Eclipse Configuration

Example