Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I wish to delete lines that are in between 'abc' and >> 'xyz' and print the rest of the lines. Which is the best >> way to do it? > > sed -n -e'1,/abc/p' -e'/xyz/,$p' file.txt > >which is pretty straight-forward.
While it looks neat, it will not work when /abc/ matches line 1. Non-standard versions of sed, e.g., GNU, allow you to use 0,/abc/ to neatly step around this nuisance; but for standard sed you'll need a more complicated sed script. -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
