hi I am trying to edit a file through a shell script, but i am trying to edt it in a particular manner
here is a typical scenario i am facing I have a file called script.txt withe following content : *the owner of the* *trademark UNIX* *is The Open Group* *an industry standards* *consortium*. Now i want to edit this file , but i want to edit this file in such a manner that after a given pattern i should be able to search an entire block-pattern , then delete that block-pattern . for example suppose after this given pattern */trademark UNIX/ * if exist then i want to delete the block-pattern /*is The Open Group*\n*an industry standards/* ??? any ideas to append is pretty much simple with "sed " sed -i "/*trademark UNIX*/a\*UNIX is great* \n*UNIX is awesome*" script.txt my file would then look something like this *the owner of the* *trademark UNIX* *UNIX is great* *UNIX is awesome* *is The Open Group* *an industry standards* *consortium* its is possible with sed and awk. can some one help me with my above query Thanks -- सादर Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
