On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:05:31PM +0100, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > All, > > I am struggling writing a script which greps a binary file (grep -a) > which will remove all of the data before the characters I am looking for > and then to remove the data after another character so I have only the > relevant info. When you grep the binary file the line is very long. I am > looking for only about 15 - 20 characters off the line. The problem is > that it can be anywhere on the line so I can't use a simple cut. Would > "ed" be able to do this? I am not looking for you to write the script, > just pointers as to what commands I could use. So far I have got the > grep done "grep -a '@(#)' <file>" but it's what I do to the line after > that. > > Thanks in advance, > > Tony.
You can do this with sed I know as I was just looking to do something similar. I don't have time right now, but I'll have a look through my bookmarks and notes later tonight. Todd
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