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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Delete text between square brackets and also delete those square brackets using sed or awk Post 302519747 by 116@434 on Thursday 5th of May 2011 01:38:45 AM
Old 05-05-2011
U can use below
sed 's/\[.*\]//' file_name
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asn1_parser2tree(3)						     libtasn1						       asn1_parser2tree(3)

NAME
asn1_parser2tree - API function SYNOPSIS
#include <libtasn1.h> asn1_retCode asn1_parser2tree(const char * file_name, ASN1_TYPE * definitions, char * errorDescription); ARGUMENTS
const char * file_name specify the path and the name of file that contains ASN.1 declarations. ASN1_TYPE * definitions return the pointer to the structure created from "file_name" ASN.1 declarations. char * errorDescription return the error description or an empty string if success. DESCRIPTION
Function used to start the parse algorithm. Creates the structures needed to manage the definitions included in file_name file. RETURNS
ASN1_SUCCESS if the file has a correct syntax and every identifier is known, ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_EMPTY if definitions not ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY, ASN1_FILE_NOT_FOUND if an error occured while opening file_name, ASN1_SYNTAX_ERROR if the syntax is not correct, ASN1_IDENTIFIER_NOT_FOUND if in the file there is an identifier that is not defined, ASN1_NAME_TOO_LONG if in the file there is an identifier whith more than ASN1_MAX_NAME_SIZE characters. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.. Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for libtasn1 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and libtasn1 programs are properly installed at your site, the command info libtasn1 should give you access to the complete manual. libtasn1 2.13 asn1_parser2tree(3)
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