thank you, and sorry, if i had formulated wrong, but the "SOMETEXT#X"
is a random STRING, like:
$ cat testfile.txt
alsjflsajfkljasdf
<br><font size=3>asfklasjlkyxcvo</font><br>
<br><font size=3>kldfjlkasjdfasdf</font><br>
kasfjxcvklajdflas
yxcvkjasafjads
<br><font size=3>asdfjkldjlasj</font><br>
</font></div></body></html>
uiyxzckjhasfsd
$
$ awk 'BEGIN {sawpattern=0} "^SOMETEXT, ^SOMETEXT" {if (($0
~/<br><font size=3>SOMETEXT/ ) && (sawpattern == 0)) {sawpattern=1}
else {sawpattern=0;print $0}}' testfile.txt
alsjflsajfkljasdf
<br><font size=3>asfklasjlkyxcvo</font><br>
<br><font size=3>kldfjlkasjdfasdf</font><br>
kasfjxcvklajdflas
yxcvkjasafjads
<br><font size=3>asdfjkldjlasj</font><br>
</font></div></body></html>
uiyxzckjhasfsd
$
On 27 November 2010 12:39, Arthur Bela <jozsi.avadkan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
hyphen's [ - ] are just for marking the start/end of a pattern,
but
there are _not in_ the pattern!
"OUTPUT" is what i want after "seding" the PATTERN#X's
so i for e.g.: need the first, and second "magic"
sed "FIRSTMAGIC" PATTERN#1
sed "SECONDMAGIC" PATTERN#2
PATTERN#1:
-----------------------------------
SOMETEXT#1
<br><font size=3>SOMETEXT#2</font><br>
<br><font size=3>SOMETEXT#3</font><br>
SOMETEXT#4
-----------------------------------
"exact pattern", what is unique from the pattern:
-----------------------------------
</font><br>\n<br><font size=3>
-----------------------------------
OUTPUT:
-----------------------------------
SOMETEXT#1
<br><font size=3>SOMETEXT#3</font><br>
SOMETEXT#4
-----------------------------------
and:
PATTERN#2:
-----------------------------------
SOMETEXT#1
<br><font size=3>SOMETEXT#2</font><br>
</font></div></body></html>
SOMETEXT#3
-----------------------------------
"exact pattern", what is unique from the pattern:
-----------------------------------
</font><br>\n</font></div></body></html>
-----------------------------------
OUTPUT:
-----------------------------------
SOMETEXT#1
</font></div></body></html>
SOMETEXT#3
-----------------------------------
i just can't figure it out, how to "sed" when having several lines
[nor in awk, perl..]
could anyone post a link, or some guide, how to write these two lines of
"sed"?
Thank You! :\