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04-29-2008
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Removing specific lines
Hi
I have a .conf file having many location tags like <Location /main> AuthName main AuthUserFile /ppt/gaea/passwd_main Require user admin </Location> ...... ... <Location /wonder> AuthName gaea AuthUserFile /ppt/gaea/passwd_gaea Require user admin </Location> . now I want to remove a tag having attribute "main" through shell script .Please help me how do i remove this Thanks |
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04-29-2008
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With awk you can do something like:
Code:
awk '/^<Location \/main>/{f=1;next}
f && /^<Location /{f=0}
!f' file
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04-30-2008
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Redirect the output to a temporary file and replace the original file with it.
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. But it will print on the console .what i need is directly changed on the file
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