On 4 January 2011 10:32, S Mathias <smathias1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > cat asdf.txt > bla-bla > bla-bla > bla[XYZ] > importantthing > another important thing > [/XYZ] > bla-bla > bla-bla > [XYZ] > yet another thing > hello! > [/XYZ] > bla-bla > etc. > $ SOMEPERLMAGIC asdf.txt > output.txt > $ cat output.txt > importantthing > another important thing > yet another thing > hello! > > > how can i sovle this question? what is SOMEPERLMAGIC? are there any perl > gurus, that have a little spare time? > > Thank you! :\ > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >
doesnt need to be perl either cat asdf.txt | awk 'BEGIN {a=0} { if ( $0 ~ /\[XYZ\]/ ) a=1; if ( $0 ~ /\[\/XYZ\]/ ) a=0; if ( a == 1) print $0}' or something close to it _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"