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# 1  
Old 09-21-2011
Finding strings through multiple lines
Hi,
I need to search for a multiple line pattern and remove it

the pattern is search for
Code:
(ln number) <TABLE name=*>

and if 3 lines below that the line is
Code:
(ln number) </TABLE>

Then remove those 4 lines.

Thank you
# 2  
Old 09-21-2011
Try:
Code:
perl -0pe 's/\(ln number\) <TABLE name=\*>.*?\(ln number\) <\/TABLE>//s' file

# 3  
Old 09-21-2011
Sorry that didn't work I will try and be more clearer.

the (ln number) bit is the line number no brackets. There are also bits in the text which has <TABLE name=...> but when it isn't followed 3 lines later by </TABLE> I want to keep it i only want the lines deleted which follow this exact pattern

Code:
number <TABLE name=*>
number <ROW>
number </ROW>
number </TABLE>

Thank you for all the help Smilie
# 4  
Old 09-21-2011
Can you provide exact sample data?
Code:
perl -0pe 's/\d+ <TABLE name=\*>.*?\d+ <\/TABLE>//s' file

# 5  
Old 09-21-2011
want to remove
Code:
112  <TABLE name="something>
113  <ROW>
123  </ROW>
124  </TABLE>
125  <TABLE name="somethingelse>
126  <ROW>
129  </ROW>
130  </TABLE>

want to keep
Code:
493  <TABLE name="Headers_11" number="15">
494  <ROW>
495  <dest_semi_11><![CDATA[destination]]></dest_semi_11>
496  <num_semi_11><![CDATA[number sent]]></num_semi_11>
497  <cost_semi_11><![CDATA[cost]]></cost_semi_11>
498  </ROW>
499  </TABLE>

# 6  
Old 09-21-2011
Code:
perl -0pe 's/\d+\s+<TABLE name=[^>]*>\n\d+\s+<ROW>\n\d+\s+<\/ROW>\n\d+\s+<\/TABLE>\n//g' file

# 7  
Old 09-21-2011
Unfortunately that isn't working Smilie
I tried cutting out the line numbers and then doing it but it still doesn't remove anything from the script
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