Extracting text between two strings, multiple instances


 
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Old 10-12-2012
Hi

Code:
$ sed -n '/>>$/,/^<</{/>>$/d;s/^<<.*//;p;}' file

Guru.
# 9  
Old 10-12-2012
MySQL

Thank you very much Guru and elixir_sinari, this is exactly what I need.

Thanks!
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