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03-10-2009

BootComp

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Select block of text around matching braces

Hi,
I have several block of text that I need to select, however this text may be spread over several lines and contains the '{' and '}' within it.
For e.g.,

Code:

ABC=100{
  DEF = 200
  {
     GHI,
     JKL
  }
}
#2nd Block
123
{
   456{78,910}}
}

I am trying to figure out how to remove the newline characters from the blocks above so that my further processing would be easier.
i.e. I need to get the output something like this,

Code:

ABC=100{DEF=200{GHI,JKL}}
123{456{78,910}}}

Am quite new to shell scripting so any help with this is greatly appreciated.

TIA

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