Hi all!
John G. Heim wrote: > From: "Claudio Nanni" <claudio.na...@gmail.com> > [[...]] > > >> In case you use a linux or unix system, to strip off the comments in >> linux >> bash is very easy, you can use this simple bash command: >> >> grep -v "^/\*" yourdumpfile.sql > yourdumpfilewithoutcomments.sql > > That didn't work because there are comments embedded in the line that > creates the procedure. For example: > > /*!50003 CREATE*/ /*!50020 DEFINER=`root`@`localhost`*/ /*!50003 > PROCEDURE `TIMETABLE_SYNC`() > > That's all one line. It will probably wrap in my message. But the line > begins with a /* so its removed by your grep command. No member of the "grep" family is the right tool for this, as they always take (or ignore) whole lines. This is a job for "sed" - try this (tested just on that single line): sed '1,$s=/\*![3-6][0-9]* \([^*]*\)\*/=\1 =g' <dumpfile.sql >noversion.sql HTH, Joerg -- Joerg Bruehe, MySQL Build Team, joerg.bru...@oracle.com ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG, Komturstrasse 18a, D-12099 Berlin Geschaeftsfuehrer: Juergen Kunz, Marcel v.d. Molen, Alexander v.d. Ven Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRA 95603 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
