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# 1  
Old 10-20-2011
Copy a part of file
Hi,

I want to copy text between expressions ">bcr1" and ">bcr2" to another file.
Any simple solutions?

Thanks
# 2  
Old 10-20-2011
If all you want is the lines that have both >bcr1 and >bcr2, and then only the text between, this will work:

Code:
sed '/>bcr1.*>bcr2/ {s/.*>bcr1//; s/>bcr2.*//; b; }; d' <input-file

# 3  
Old 10-20-2011
actually, i want the text between these two expressions, not including ">bcr2" .
so if the file is
>bcr0sdfsfsfsfdfdsf>bcr1abbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbsbsbsbsbsbbsbsbsbsbsb>bcr2hhhhd
>bcr3rgregergreegregererg

then i want
>bcr1abbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbsbsbsbsbsbbsbsbsbsbsb

---------- Post updated at 06:55 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:35 PM ----------

it looks like the following code works. Thanks,

Quote:
sed -n '/>bcr1/,/>bcr2/p' < infile > outfile
# 4  
Old 10-20-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by alpesh

it looks like the following code works. Thanks,
Code:
sed -n '/>bcr1/,/>bcr2/p' < infile > outfile

Interesting, your sed programme doesn't do it for me.

Revision of my suggestion to include the leading >bcr1 should you also have problems:

Code:
sed '/>bcr1.*>bcr2/ {s/.*>bcr1/>bcr1/; s/>bcr2.*//; b; }; d'

# 5  
Old 10-20-2011
I am getting a blank output with your command , also in the output I would like to wrap the text, limit the text to 80 characters per line except the first line which is >bcr1 and the last line.
 
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