Search for the text in the clipboard and cut the containing line to the clipboard

slurp_line_using_clipboard.py

import sublime, sublime_plugin, re

# Search for the text in the clipboard and cut the containing line to the clipboard
# { "keys": ["alt+x"], "command": "slurp_line_using_clipboard" }
# https://gist.github.com/1178622
class SlurpLineUsingClipboardCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):

    def run(self, edit, block=True):
        search_string = re.escape(sublime.get_clipboard())
        region = self.view.find(search_string, 0, sublime.IGNORECASE)
        if region:
            # get the full line, copy it to the clipboard and then delete the line
            region = self.view.full_line(region)
            sublime.set_clipboard( self.view.substr(region))
            self.view.erase(edit, region)
        else:
            print 'Search string "%s" was not found' % (search_string)