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# to delete all lines containing "profile" (remove the /d to show the lines that the command will delete):
:g/profile/d
# to delete all lines that do not contain a pattern, use 'g!' (equivalent to 'v'), like this command to delete all lines that are not comment lines in a Vim script:
:g!/^\s*"/d
:v/^\s*"/d
# to delete all lines except those that contain "error" or "warn" or "fail"
:v/error\|warn\|fail/d
# http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Delete_all_lines_containing_a_pattern
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