i don't understand your answer. how will that match anything?
the first line matches the whole block ok, but then the match is dropped
by the '!' phrases
since they are in the text.
also, where is documented the ellipsis in a grep?
also, using two regexes on either side of the ellipsis?
On Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 05:04 AM, Jenda Krynicky wrote:
> From: Rob Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> I'm parsing a file with multiple Fortran-like blocks that look like:
>> START_KEYWORD
>> line 1
>> line 2
>> END_KEYWORD
>>
>> I want only the contents of each block, not the keywords.
>>
>> grep { /START_KEYWORD/.../END_KEYWORD/ }
>> returns the entire block - including the start and end keywords.
>>
>> Is there a slick way to only return the contents of the block (line 1
>> and line 2)?
>
> This is not realy a regex question. I think you want this:
>
> grep { /START_KEYWORD/.../END_KEYWORD/
> and !/START_KEYWORD/
> and !/END_KEYWORD/}
>
> But if the START_KEYWORD and END_KEYWORD is supposed
> to be the only thing on the lines then
>
> grep {chomp $_;
> ($_ eq 'START_KEYWORD') ... ($_ eq 'END_KEYWORD')
> and !($_ eq 'START_KEYWORD')
> and !($_ eq 'END_KEYWORD')}
>
> would be quicker. (Notice the chomp() there. It might be
> unnecessary if the lines are already chomped, but keep in mind
> that it modifies the elements of the original array!)
>
> Jenda
>
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