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>
>"How can I delete all lines from /^PATTERN to EOF??"

I think that I read it wrong.  Either way he has a solution ;-)

>
>Unless I'm reading it wrong, he wants to *keep* everything from the
>beginning of the file to /^PATTERN/ and NOT keep everything else all the
>way to EOF.  The diff. between what I suggested and the what other
>suggested is that using 'q' would be inclusive, while the others are
>exclusive of the line matched by /^PATTERN/.  However, it wasn't clear
>which he wanted.
>
>Nathan
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