On Saturday 21 Jun 2008, Agnello George wrote: > 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/*
What exactly do you want to delete? The next two lines? The specific text ...Open group...industry standard...? Up to some other pattern? -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
