Re: [SLUG] Sed question

[Matthew Hannigan]

On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 12:40:02PM +1100, Andrew Wilson wrote:
> I,e : i want to capture all the text between the word "start" and the word
> "end" even if it spans numerous lines.

Here ya go


        $ cat t
        dog
        cat
        start
        flower
        nice
        end
        cows that go bing
        $
        $ sed -n '/start/,/end/p' < t
        start
        flower
        nice
        end
        $


Matt
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