VIM editor – delete lines longer than 50 charenters AjaySeptember 27, 2013 You want to remove long lines, but not touch shorter lines. Example: For each line longer than 50 chars, :g/.\{50,\}/d also :g/^.\{,39\}$/d and :g/\(^.\{,39\}$\)\|\(^.\{61,\}$\)/d should work.