Remove Duplicate Line in Vim?

Question

I\'m trying to use VIM to remove a duplicate line in an XML file I created. (I can\'t recreate the file because the ID numbers will change.)

The file looks something

Answer 1

Are you trying to search and replace the line with nothing? You could try the g command instead:

:%g/search_expression_here/d

The d at the end tells it to delete the lines that match.

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