Michael D Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003:10:04:16:32:37-0500] scribed: > Dave selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003:10:04:19:25:32+0100] scribed: > > I have multiple html files. I need to remove the same chunk of code from > > all of them. > > I have made a bash loop to feed the files to sed, but am struggling with > > the sed code. > > > > I need to delete all the code between > > > > <!-- lockon:a:1 > > --> > > > > and > > > > <!-- lockoff > > --> > > > > Including the above comments. > > Do you want to specify a range like this: > > sed '/<!-- lockon:a:1/,/<!-- lockoff/d' /tmp/tmp.txt
Oops! I forgot about the closing the lockoff comment: # sed -f /tmp/tmp.sed /tmp/tmp.txt # cat /tmp/tmp.sed /<!-- lockon:a:1/,/<!-- lockoff/{ N /-->/d D } -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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