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Old 12-29-2009
sed - striping out html tags
I have pasted the contents of a log file (swmbackup.wrkstn.1262071383.sales2a) below:
Code:
 
Workstation: sales2a<BR
Vault sales2a-hogwarts will be initialized.<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/desktop$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/mydocuments$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/office$ </FONT<BR
Vault sales2a-offlinehogwarts will be initialized.<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/desktop$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/mydocuments$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/office$ </FONT<BR


Now I have a sed command below:

Code:
cat swmbackup.wrkstn.1262071383.sales2a | sed -e 's/<*>//g'


This only outputs:
Code:
 
Workstation: sales2a
Vault sales2a-hogwarts will be initialized.
 
 
 
Vault sales2a-offlinehogwarts will be initialized.


The problem lines do not output. How can I modify the sed command to give me the the other lines in the file without the tags and give me the output below?
Code:
 
Workstation: sales2a
Vault sales2a-hogwarts will be initialized.
There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/desktop$ 
There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/mydocuments$
There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/office$
Vault sales2a-offlinehogwarts will be initialized.
There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/desktop$
There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/mydocuments$
There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/office$

Thanks Smilie
Last edited by Scott; 12-29-2009 at 12:13 PM.. Reason: Added code tags to HTML and output
# 2  
Old 12-29-2009
Try this:

Code:
sed 's/<.*"//;s/<.*//' file

# 3  
Old 12-29-2009
thanks
This is close enough. I can live with the greater than signs at the begining of each line.

Thanks again!
# 4  
Old 12-29-2009
MySQL
Code:
sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g' file

# 5  
Old 12-30-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aia
Code:
sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g' file

Aia,

I don't see any changes with your command:

Code:
$ cat file
Workstation: sales2a<BR
Vault sales2a-hogwarts will be initialized.<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/desktop$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/mydocuments$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/office$ </FONT<BR
Vault sales2a-offlinehogwarts will be initialized.<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/desktop$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/mydocuments$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/office$ </FONT<BR
$
$ sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g' file
Workstation: sales2a<BR
Vault sales2a-hogwarts will be initialized.<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/desktop$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/mydocuments$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/office$ </FONT<BR
Vault sales2a-offlinehogwarts will be initialized.<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/desktop$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/mydocuments$ </FONT<BR
<font color="red"There was a problem mounting /mnt/sales2a/office$ </FONT<BR
$

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