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# 8  
Old 12-13-2010
The space in between /.../ in sed are for pattern matching. So whatever pattern your trying to match place it in between the forward slashes..like below
Code:
sed '/<Opt>-L$ORACLE_HOME\/lib/.....' inputfile

Since there is already a forward slash in your pattern string (<Opt>-L$ORACLE_HOME/lib) you need that to be escaped.
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# 9  
Old 12-13-2010
yeah, but in my case, the pattern after,

<Opt>-L$ORACLE_HOME/lib32 **********
</Opt>

here ******** varies file to file!

please help out!
# 10  
Old 12-13-2010
Code:
perl -i -pe 'undef $/; s/<(Opt)>-L\$ORACLE_HOME.*?<\/\1>([^\n]*\n){2}//s; ' infile

Last edited by k_manimuthu; 12-13-2010 at 07:10 AM.. Reason: Update the code
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# 11  
Old 12-13-2010
But this doesnt work!!

anything with sed will be of great help! thanks.
# 12  
Old 12-13-2010
I update my previous post. Try the updated code.
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# 13  
Old 12-13-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by pradebban
yeah, but in my case, the pattern after,

<Opt>-L$ORACLE_HOME/lib32 **********
</Opt>

here ******** varies file to file!

please help out!
Can you elaborate on your requirement..? If given like /-L$ORACLE_HOME\/lib32/ -- this prints all the lines containing the pattern and it could be of any line as below..
Code:
-L$ORACLE_HOME/lib32 some text here
some text here -L$ORACLE_HOME/lib32
some-L$ORACLE_HOME/lib32text here
some text here -L$ORACLE_HOME/lib32 some more text

Else if you want to match something more precisely then post your pattern and the sample lines of input file..
# 14  
Old 12-13-2010
sorry Smilie

-L$ORACLE_HOME/lib32 some text here

this is it!. thanks

please help out :|

---------- Post updated at 05:48 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:53 PM ----------

Any inputs would be of great help!
Last edited by pradebban; 12-13-2010 at 08:14 AM..
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