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# 8  
Old 07-02-2012
In order to help you, please answer to Methyl's last post (#6). (REcord format etc...)
Why are you removing the newline char?
# 9  
Old 07-03-2012
Hi,

I don't want to terminate the new line character but want to ignore it while searching.
And record format is:
Record will be always start with "~~" and end with "~~" but some time the record having new line character because of it the complete record not coming if i am using the simple "grep" like:
grep "b22fdf7e-6271-4832-a014-fb1ee047c814" input.txt

In this case from the attached input file two records should return both starting with "~~" and end with "~~" but after executing above command, from the second record only the content before new line character is being returned.
# 10  
Old 07-03-2012
It's definitely not a simple text file.

I don't know about anyone else, but I can't read the sample file in Shell tools because there are one or more long records. It looks like a complex XML file and may best be read in a Java program or something more suitable for processing data files like this.
# 11  
Old 07-03-2012
I would look at these 2 products to start with:
The Expat XML Parser
XML::Parser - search.cpan.org

I Know I could do it using SAS but SAS costs $$...
# 12  
Old 07-04-2012
This is basically the log file and sometime the xml is also logged with log step.
It is working fine if i am trying on "http://regexpal.com/" with the command "^~~.*b22fdf7e-6271-4832-a014-fb1ee047c814.*~~$" with selecting
match at line breaks,
Dot matches all

But don't know how can i add the modifiers "match at line breaks" and "Dot matches all" in the grep command.
 
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