On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:54:55AM -0700, David wrote:
> I need some Grep help.
>
> I need to remove this type of entry from a large file.
>
> "No Fly List:
> 101508
> 100698
>
> Other options"
>
>
> ignore the quotation marks, I added them to illustrate the start and
> end of the string.
>
> Each six digit employee number begins with 1. Each line ends with a
> carriage return.
>
> The problem for a newbie like me is that there may be one or twenty
> employee numbers, each on its own line, and I'm not sure how to handle
> that. There is no hard limit on the number of 1xxxxx numbers to search
> for between No Fly List:\r and Other Options"
One line containing an employee number:
[ \t]*1\d{5}\r
One or more lines containing an employee number:
([ \t]*1\d{5}\r)+
:)
So, the complete pattern might look like this:
(?m)No Fly List:\r(\s*1\d{5}\r)+\rOther options
Ronald
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