> From: info at padraigkitterick.com>> Do the 'second' tags always start on a new line?
No, but I could do another substitution before this one to make that happen. Something like s/
> P.
>> Marcus Furlong wrote:
>> Hi,
>>>> I'm having trouble using sed to do replacements on some badly tagged
>> xml. I have a large number of files that are tagged as follows:
>>>>>> blah blah
>> hello hello
>> hello hello
>> hello hello
>>>> blah blah blah
>> hello hello
>> hello hello
>>>> The "first" tags have no closing tags at all, and may or may not have
>> text between the tag and the next tag. What I want to do is remove the
>> "first" tag and any text up to, but not including the "second" tag.
>>>> I've got to the following stage, but don't know how to get it to _not_
>> delete the line containing the "second" tag:
>>>> sed -e '>
>> Any suggestions?
>> Thanks,
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