On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 10:30:25AM -0500, Brad Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | sed '/<element7>/,<\/element>/p' should come pretty close. Not tested.
Wack a -n flag in (so that stuff isn't printed, except those triggering the "p" above). Alternatively: sed -e '1,/^<element7>/d' -e '/^<\/element7>$/,$d' which will delete the leading and trailing lines of the file, leaving the bits in the middle that you wanted. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ A fool learns from his mistakes, a wise man from someone elses. - Chris Snowdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list