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01-11-2008

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sed

Code:

# sed 's/.*<LTEXT>\(.*\)<\/LTEXT>.*/\1/g' file
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv

[n]awk

Code:

# awk '{gsub(/.*<LTEXT>|<\/LTEXT>.*/,"");print}' file
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv