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Old 08-15-2006, 04:58 AM   #1
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sed and newline problem


Hello everyone.

I am writing a shell script which will facilitate my initial installation of slackware.This shell script will help me to install tomcat and the like.However,when I try to find a text which is something like:

<!--
<server>.....


-->

I want to find the text from <!-- .... to --> and remove it.How can I call it in shell script with command sed?

Thanks a million.
 
Old 08-15-2006, 05:03 AM   #2
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Hi,

Something like this:

sed '/<!--/,/-->/d' infile

Hope this helps.
 
Old 08-15-2006, 06:23 AM   #3
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druuna,thanks for your reply.

sed '/<!--/,/-->/d' infile

Is it a comma after slash?When I tried it in vi to search,it doesn't work.How come?

Thanks anyway.
 
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Hi,

Because vi and sed are not the same. The command given (and asked for) is a sed command.

In vi do the following (in command mode):

:/<!--/,/-->/d

But I'm a bit confused. You said that you want to make a shell script, using sed to remove the mentioned part. What has vi got to do with that?
 
  


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