Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 01:58:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Read <dread@calcasieu.com> To: Johan Petersson <kjep@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Removing unwanted text Message-ID: <XFMail.991008015807.dread@calcasieu.com> In-Reply-To: <19991008052500.13893.rocketmail@web114.yahoomail.com>
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On 08-Oct-99 Johan Petersson wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am trying to create a filter that removes (or > filters out) part of a text. The idea would be > something like this: > > lynx -dump URL | (filter goes here) > textfile > > The part of the downloaded text that I want to keep > always begins and ends with the same phrases (though > the starting and ending phrases are not the same), > and I want to keep all the lines in between but not > those before and after. I've tried to work a bit with > grep and diff, but I couldn't get i working. > awk '/start stuff/,/stop thingy/' Regards --- Don Read dread@calcasieu.com EDP Manager dread@texas.net Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX -- Y2K is not a problem, W2K however ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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