yes, it does work perfectly with the example I gave... the actual file is some like
... <span xxxx> 111 <span www> 1111no </span> </span> 2222 <span yyy> 3333 </span> 5555 <span yyy> 6666 </span> ... your command only returns ]# sed 's/\(<span .*>.*<\/span>\)\(.*\)\(<span .*>.*<\/span>\)/\2/' file 5555 I wish to rip all <span xxx> .* </span> and obtain ... 2222 <span yyy> 3333 </span> 5555 <span yyy> 6666 </span>... i think sed should be able to do it, but the operator [ ^ ( ) ]* is not behaving as i think it would... perl does it alright, though : s thanks, siran On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Joseph Olatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > >> > >>> Hi, I have the string >> > >>> >> > >>> <span xxxx> 111 </span> 2222 <span yyyy> 3333 </span> >> > >>> >> > >>> And i wish to use sed to strip *only* the "<span xxxx>" tag and its >> > >>> contents... is this possible ? I'm trying this expression, but it >> > >>> doesn't work... >> > >>> >> > >>> sed 's/<span xxxx[^\(</span>\)]+<\/span>//g' file >> > >>> >> > >>> is there anything like it ? >> > >>> >> > >>> I would like to obtain >> > >>> >> > >>> 2222 >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> I hope someone can help, >> > >>> >> > >>> thank you, >> > >>> >> > >>> siran > > If you haven't yet solved the above problem, give the following a try: > > sed 's/\(<span .*>.*<\/span>\)\(.*\)\(<span .*>.*<\/span>\)/\2/' > > > regards, > joseph > > <snip> > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
