I have multiple files of varying length that all start with dump 1 on the first line and end with OCAPI> on the last line. I would like to be able to create a script using sed to remove these two lines from all of the files. An example of a file is as follows:

dump 1
DataDDS size: ?
{ ComplexStructure01 * root
{ exp * Structure { j * Int32 value: 1 } - j
{ i * Int32 value: 2 } - i
{ g * Array dimensions: [3][3][3] value type: Int16
[1][1][-]: 0 256 512
[1][2][-]: 768 1024 1280
[1][3][-]: 1536 1792 2048
[2][1][-]: 768 1024 1280
[2][2][-]: 2304 2560 2816
[2][3][-]: 3840 4096 4352
[3][1][-]: 1536 1792 2048
[3][2][-]: 3840 4096 4352
[3][3][-]: 6144 6400 6656 } - g
{ f * Array dimensions: [2][2] value type: Int16
[1][-]: 0 256
[2][-]: 512 768 } - f
} - exp
} - ComplexStructure01
OCAPI>

One method:
sed -e '/dump/d' -e '/OCAP/d' filename > newfilename

This assumes that those words are always there (and nowhere else). You can do the same thing using line numbers---eg:
sed '1d' deletes the first line.
sed '$d' deletes the last line.

Best SED tutorial here: http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html

When I use sed -e'/dump 1/d'-e'/OCAPI>/d'/home/rikki/workspace/Ocapi/Tests/dods/test.21.dods in the command line I get the following error:
sed: -e expression #1, char 10: extra characters after command

This should work

Or this

Be sure to read pixellany warning about these words being anywhere else in your file. The
second sed code at least only takes out the lines that begin with your regrex.

I believe those extra characters are the next -e switch. There has to be whitespace before each switch and before the filename.

BTW, the -i switch allows sed to edit in place. For example: