#!/usr/bin/env python f=0 for line in open("file"): if "</JOB" in line: f=0;continue if "<JOB" in line: f=1 continue if f: print line.strip()
# ./test.py <QUANTITATIVE NAME="B2_ADJ" QUANT="1"/> <QUANTITATIVE NAME="B2_NR" QUANT="1"/> <QUANTITATIVE NAME="B2_ADJ" QUANT="1"/> <QUANTITATIVE NAME="B2_NR" QUANT="1"/>