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# 1  
Old 06-08-2010
SED Delete all between 2 tags ...
Hi @all,

i need an SED-command which deletes all signs in an xml-file between the </text> and the following <text> - tags.

Code:
sed '/</text>/,/<text>/d'

doesn`t work!

regards
alex
# 2  
Old 06-08-2010
Hi,

try:
Code:
sed '/<\/text>/,/<text>/d'

# 3  
Old 06-08-2010
hi ripat,

no - doesn`t work.
I tried that in the first place - but i get a failure [unvalid escape-tag]

Is there another possibilty to solve this?

alex
# 4  
Old 06-08-2010
Does any of these sooth your need?
Code:
awk '/<\/text>/,/<text>/{next}1' file_name
sed '/<\/text>/,/<text>/d' file_name

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