tdrip

tdrip is a command-line tool to easily remove headers and metadata from text.

Usage

$ cat example.txt
This is the example text.
TODO This line will be removed.
FIXME This line will be removed.
HACK: This line will be removed.
NOTEThis line will be removed.
This line will not be removed. TODO

$ tdrip example.txt
This is the example text.
This line will not be removed. TODO

What lines are removed?

The lines starts with the following annotations.

• FIXME
• HACK
• NOTE
• TODO
• XXX