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Old 01-20-2013
RedHat Help me to filter a file
I want to view a file ignoring mutilple comment line (/*....*/). Please help me on this.

Advance thanks.Smilie
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Old 01-20-2013
In what language, and why have you posted in the Red Hat forum?
# 3  
Old 01-20-2013
Actually I want to see configuration file in Linux and I want to view the content which is not commented.
I have tried below command line, but its omitting only the /* */ character not the block which is occupy by /*..*/
Ex:
Code:
cat named.conf | egrep -v "^[[:blank:]]*($|#|//|/\*| \*|\*/)"

Please help me on this.. Thank you. Smilie
Last edited by Scott; 01-20-2013 at 07:45 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
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Old 01-20-2013
Try:
Code:
perl -p0e 's:/\*.*?\*/::sg' named.conf

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Old 01-20-2013
Code:
awk 'BEGIN {f=0;}{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){ if($i=="/*") f=1; if($i=="*/") f=0;
 if(f==0&&!($i=="/*"||$i=="*/")) {
 $i=(i==NF)?$i RS:$i" "; printf "%s", $i ;
 }}
}' named.conf

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Old 01-21-2013
RedHat
Thank you All,,

Both command are working...

Thank you very much Smilie
 
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