I am posting this after looking at several solutions that were not fully relevant to the issue that I am facing.
I have a large xml file, 100k+ lines which have patterns like below:
Each pattern starts with
and ends with
Now within each pattern If
&
then I need to return the whole pattern.
I was trying to use grep with -B and -A, but the issue is that the number of lines within each pattern is not fixed.
I also tried using sed with x,p & d ... but was not able to figure out the solution.
Any assistance would be helpful!
Thanks
---------- Post updated at 03:07 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:51 PM ----------
Just to update, I have the below working command:
However, I want to combine both conditions
&&
Code:
In above sed command i am able to use only one condition so far...
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Another sed solution with the loop technique, written as a multi-liner
I have used \#...# rather than the usual /.../ so I do not need ugly \/ escapes in the search string.
Another variant (with default printing if not deleted)
Last edited by MadeInGermany; 09-27-2017 at 01:45 PM..
Reason: Refined for the requirement in post#1, another variant
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