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Old 01-11-2008
awk program to select a portion of a line
Hi all,
I am new to awk programs.I have a file like this

vjfavhjlaf<LTEXT>aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv</LTEXT>fAFdfdADfd
vjfavhjlaf<LTEXT>aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv</LTEXT>fAFdfdADfd
vjfavhjlaf<LTEXT>aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv</LTEXT>fAFdfdADfd
vjfavhjlaf<LTEXT>aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv</LTEXT>fAFdfdADfd
vjfavhjlaf<LTEXT>aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv</LTEXT>fAFdfdADfd

I want to select the text which comes between <LTEXT> and </LTEXT>
This is urgent...Please help..

Thanks in Advance
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Old 01-11-2008
sed
Code:
# sed 's/.*<LTEXT>\(.*\)<\/LTEXT>.*/\1/g' file
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv

[n]awk
Code:
# awk '{gsub(/.*<LTEXT>|<\/LTEXT>.*/,"");print}' file
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv
aabcdfffvvbbxbcddjbv

# 3  
Old 01-11-2008
Please try this

Code:
sed 's!\(.*\)LTEXT>\(.*\)</LTEXT\(.*\)!\2!' filename

# 4  
Old 01-11-2008
awk program to select a portion of a line
Smilie
Thanks....it worked..!!!!!
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