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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers sed [delete everything between two words] Post 302153527 by Orbix on Tuesday 25th of December 2007 05:13:18 AM
Old 12-25-2007
Computer sed [delete everything between two words]
Hi,

I have the following codes below that aims to delete every words between two pattern word. Say I have the files
Quote:
$ cat file.txt
hello
start
WISH_LIST="
candy
money
t-shirt
"
stop
cool
Christmas
To delete every word between WISH_LIST=" and " I used the below codes (but its not working):

Code:
#!/bin/sh
sed '
/WISH_LIST=\"/ {
N
/\n.*\"/ {
s/WISH_LIST=\".*\n.*\"/WISH_LIST=\"\n\"/
}
}' file.txt

and also I have tried this code:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
sed '
/WISH_LIST=\"/ {
N
/WISH_LIST=\".*\"/ {
s/WISH_LIST=\".*\"/WISH_LIST=\"\n\"/
P
D
}
}' file.txt

Any Idea why I can't have the below output from the codes above:

Quote:
$ cat file.txt
hello
start
WISH_LIST="
"
stop
cool
Christmas
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

connectagram

CONNECTAGRAM(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   CONNECTAGRAM(1)

NAME

       connectagram - word unscrambling game

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page explains the Debian package connectagram .  Connectagram is a word unscrambling game. The board consists of several scram-
       bled words that are joined together. You can choose the length of the words, the amount of words,  and  the  pattern  that  the	words  are
       arranged  in. The game provides a hint option for times when you are stuck, and features an online word lookup that fetches the definitions
       of each word from www.dict.org.	Your current progress is automaticalla saved.

       Note that this game involves a large and varied word list, some of which may be considered inappropriate for children.  You  can  edit  the
       file containing the word list if you wish to remove words from your game. The location of this file varies by platform.

CONFIGURATION

       Connectionagram uses the configuration file ~/.config/GottCode/Connectagram.conf .

       It supports the following options. Each line must be in the format 'option = value'.

       Count	  the number of words

       Length	   the length of each word

FILES

       ~/.config/GottCode/Connectagram.conf
	      Configuration file with default options.

AUTHORS

       connectagram was written by Graeme Gott <graeme@gottcode.org>

       This manual page was written by Tang Ke <tangk@lemote.com>, for the Debian project.

								     May 2010							   CONNECTAGRAM(1)
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