Dear Friends,
I need a shell script.
I am facing a problem while selecting the text that is between start and end tags. and insert the paragraph into a file1, next paragraph in file2......
experts please help.

i have a file which contains,
--------------
<abc> 111some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>
===blank line======
<abc>222 some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>
===blank line======
<abc> 333some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>
-------------------------------

I want to get the text that started with <abc> and end with </abc> and put it into a file.
i.e.,

file1 should contain following text,
<abc>111 some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>

file2 should contain following text,
<abc>222 some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>

and

file3 should contain following text,
<abc>333 some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>

it will be a great help if any one can gives the solution.

Thanks in Advance,
Narayanaswamy M

Dear Friends,
I need a shell script.
I am facing a problem while selecting the text that is between start and end tags. and insert the paragraph into a file1, next paragraph in file2......
experts please help.

i have a file which contains,
--------------
<abc> 111some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>
===blank line======
<abc>222 some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>
===blank line======
<abc> 333some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>
-------------------------------

I want to get the text that started with <abc> and end with </abc> and put it into a file.
i.e.,

file1 should contain following text,
<abc>111 some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>

file2 should contain following text,
<abc>222 some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>

and

file3 should contain following text,
<abc>333 some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text some text
some text </abc>

it will be a great help if any one can gives the solution.

Thanks in Advance,
Narayanaswamy M

You have already been given the advice in this thread

1. The rules state that you aren't to bump up your questions in order to get an answer more quickly. You keep doing this and have indicated that you have read the rules completely.
2. You were already given advice and you aren't likely to get any closer to solving your "urgent" problem until you work with the advice that you were already given. What was your conclusion from reading the man page for "awk"?