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Old 03-02-2012
Deleting lines from a stream after matching a pattern

Hi,

I have a requirement to to an ldapsearch and remove the shadow attributes in the output file.
What I do is ldapsearch() | operation to remove shadow > FILE
The ldapsearch gives output like this(with same line formation):

Code:
objectClass: FSConfig
objectClass: extensibleObject
fsCAIP: 1.1.1.1
fsCAPort-shadow: '<fsCAPort-shadow status="previous" currentValu
 e="ODA4MA==">ODA4MA==</fsCAPort-shadow>'
fsCAIP-shadow: '<fsCAIP-shadow status="previous" currentValue="M
 TAuOC4yMDcuNTQ=">MTAuOC4yMzIuMTcx</fsCAIP-shadow>'
fsCAPort: 8080
fsName: C=IN
fsName-shadow: '<fsName-shadow s
 tatus="previous" currentValue="Qz1JTg==">Qz1JTg==</fsN
 ame-shadow>'
...

I need to remove content starting from *-shadow to -shadow' for all instances.
i.e., My expected output is
Code:
objectClass: FSConfig
objectClass: extensibleObject
fsCAIP: 1.1.1.1
fsName: C=IN

How do I achieve this with sed/awk/grep/ anything else. Your help in this regard is much appreciated!
# 2  
Old 03-02-2012
Code:
awk '/shadow:/{x=1}/shadow>./{x=0;next}!x' yourfile

---------- Post updated at 03:44 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:27 PM ----------

Code:
awk '{x=1}/shadow:/,/shadow>./{x=0}x' yourfile

---------- Post updated at 03:46 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:44 PM ----------

Code:
awk '/shadow:/,/shadow>./{next}1' yourfile

This User Gave Thanks to ctsgnb For This Post:
# 3  
Old 03-02-2012
Thanks ctsgnb, works like a charm!
# 4  
Old 03-05-2012
Hi,

There is one problem with the code you had provided.
Code:
dn: fsDomain=default
 fsDomain: default
 objectClass: FSDomainCredentials
 objectClass: extensibleObject
 fsAttribA: xyz
 fsAttribA-shadow: '<fsAttribA-shadow status="previous" currentValu
  e="MTk2ODU=">MTk2ODU=</fsAttribA-shadow>'
 fsAttribA-shadow: '<fsAttribA-shadow status="previous" currentValue="WmZ
  MdC11U3BZLURGVnYtZEpMeQ==">WmZMdC11U3BZLURGVnYtZEpMeQ==</fsAttribA-shadow>
  '
 fsAttribB: 19685

When I executed the command on the above LDAP content, fsAttribB gets lost.

Code:
dn: fsDomain=default
 fsDomain: default
 objectClass: FSDomainCredentials
 objectClass: extensibleObject
 fsAttribA: xyz

How can I overcome this?
# 5  
Old 03-05-2012
This is because in this case, the single quote is not concatenated with shadow>

so the /shadow>./ cannot match /shadow>'/

Maybe you can give a try to this :

Code:
awk '/shadow:/,/shadow>/{next}length($0)<4{next}1' yourfile

( note that i removed the dot after the > signe)
here are some brief explanation about the code :

awk 'start of awk code
/shadow:/,/shadow>/every lines between (and including) a line containing pattern "shadow:" and pattern "shadow>"
{next}do not process further command, skip the current line, and process next line from the beginning of awk code
length($0)<4if the length of the current line is less than 4 characters
{next}do not process further command, skip the current line, and process next line from the beginning of awk code
1 "1" (means "true" ) the default behaviours is therefore to display the current line
' yourfile end of current awk statement and passing "yourfile" as argument
You can also give a try to :
Code:
awk '/shadow:/,/shadow>/{next}/^   *./{next}1' yourfile

(note: there are 3 spaces between the ^ and the *

You can also try to this last one , the matching pattern has been enhanced a little.

Code:
awk '/shadow:/,/shadow>/{next}/^ *.$/{next}1' yourfile


Last edited by ctsgnb; 03-05-2012 at 12:30 PM..
# 6  
Old 03-05-2012
Still some issues

Thanks,
But still some issue Smilie
Now I get duplicate entries in my output.
Eg:
For input
Code:
fsAttribA-shadow: '<fsAttribA-shadow status="previous" currentValu
 e="MTk2ODU=">MTk2ODU=</fsAttribA-shadow>'
fsAttribA-shadow: '<fsAttribA-shadow status="previous" currentValue="WmZ
 MdC11U3BZLURGVnYtZEpMeQ==">WmZMdC11U3BZLURGVnYtZEpMeQ==</fsAttribA-shadow>
 '
fsAttribA: 19685

I get
Code:
fsAttribA: 19685
...
fsAttribA: 19685

# 7  
Old 03-05-2012
1. Please upload your original input file.

2. Your initial requirement was to filter out things relating to "-shadow" stuff, not to look for duplicate entries.

If you don't care about the order, then you can just

Code:
awk '.... ' yourfile | sort | uniq

Code:
awk '.... ' yourfile | sort -u

Otherwise, please give all your requirements at once

---------- Post updated at 05:43 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:38 PM ----------

I don't understand why you got duplicate entries : for me it worked fine :

Code:
$ cat f1
fsAttribA-shadow: '<fsAttribA-shadow status="previous" currentValu
 e="MTk2ODU=">MTk2ODU=</fsAttribA-shadow>'
fsAttribA-shadow: '<fsAttribA-shadow status="previous" currentValue="WmZ
 MdC11U3BZLURGVnYtZEpMeQ==">WmZMdC11U3BZLURGVnYtZEpMeQ==</fsAttribA-shadow>
 '
fsAttribA: 19685

Code:
$ awk '/shadow:/,/shadow>/{next}/^ *.$/{next}1' f1
fsAttribA: 19685

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