unfortunately not... see: # cat file <span xxxx> 111 </span> 2222 <span yyyy> 3333 </span>
# sed -e 's/<\/?span[^>]*>//g' file <span xxxx> 111 </span> 2222 <span yyyy> 3333 </span> (...nothing happens, the file is returned with no substitutions done) I could do it with a perl script, which basically does what i would expect sed would do: # cat pscript.pl #!/usr/bin/perl -w $text = "<span xxxx> 111 </span> 2222 <span yyyy> 3333 </span> <span xxxx> 111 </span> 2222 <span yyyy> 3333 </span>"; $text =~ s/<span x[^>]*>[^\(<\/span>\)]*[\s]*<\/span>[\s]*//g; print $text . "\n" # perl pscript.pl 2222 <span yyyy> 3333 </span> 2222 <span yyyy> 3333 </span> " <span xxx> ..... </span> " is removed... but i don't seem to be able to do it with sed... : ( Im on fedora c9, maybe that's the problem ? siran On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Paul A. Procacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > siran wrote: > >> Hi, I have the string >> >> <span xxxx> 111 </span> 2222 <span yyyy> 3333 </span> >> >> And i wish to use sed to strip *only* the "<span xxxx>" tag and its >> contents... is this possible ? I'm trying this expression, but it >> doesn't work... >> >> sed 's/<span xxxx[^\(</span>\)]+<\/span>//g' file >> >> is there anything like it ? >> >> I would like to obtain >> >> 2222 >> >> >> >> I hope someone can help, >> >> thank you, >> >> siran >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> >> > sed -E 's/<\/?span[^>]*>//g' > > Myabe that's what you want? > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
