I'm new at shell scripting and wanna ask how can i use sed command for deleting data between two xml tag such as

Now: </outbox>asd<outbox>

After sed command : </outbox><outbox>



Ps: i used => sed -e 's/<\/outbox>[a-z]*<outbox>//g' filein > fileout

Hi,

one way is:

This will match a save the content between the first pair of "<>", match everything between them and then match and safe the content between the next pair of "<>" and replace it by the safed patterns.

HTH Chris

Or shorter:

Thanks for your answers;
I tried both codes but didint work i'm using korn shell does it effect anything?

It should work with the example you have given, but I think it's more complex than that with your file.

Franklin I guess i located the problem its ;because of my XML's format...

Example updated :
<book>
<thriller>abc</thriller>
<comedy>vfg</comedy>
</book>


I want to delete everything between <book> and </book> ; " .* " doesnt work for new lines ; its only usefull for one lined xml tags.How can i bypass the new line (enter).

Ps:the updated example is the real format of my XML

Franklin52 thanks a lot for the answers and thanks for your patience have a good day

Ps: if i'm not too pushy can you please explain the awk command