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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Can someone please explain sed -n '/^$/!{s/<[^>]*>//g;p;}' filename Post 302612863 by ctsgnb on Monday 26th of March 2012 11:53:05 AM
Old 03-26-2012
Could you tell us which part of the code you don't understand ?

If you understand nothing, reading the following would be a good start :

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs...html#tag_09_03

[Appendix A] A.2 Syntax of sed Commands

[Chapter 3] 3.2 A Line-Up of Characters

Then tell us which part of the code you don't understand
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