Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:49:57 -0700 From: Joseph Olatt <joji@eskimo.com> To: An <anmichel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sed html tags Message-ID: <20080828094956.A1175@eskimo.com> In-Reply-To: <db2611860808260434l2a3fe744y5e94c46d581bc25a@mail.gmail.com>; from anmichel@gmail.com on Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 07:34:57AM -0400 References: <41baaeae-0c1d-4a73-9540-8049b837261c@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com> <48B356BE.3080501@datapipe.com> <db2611860808252119g25adf379wf7b5825bbd4cd694@mail.gmail.com> <48B39A4E.1@gmail.com> <db2611860808260434l2a3fe744y5e94c46d581bc25a@mail.gmail.com>
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<snip> > > >>> Hi, I have the string > > >>> > > >>> <span xxxx> 111 </span> 2222 <span yyyy> 3333 </span> > > >>> > > >>> And i wish to use sed to strip *only* the "<span xxxx>" tag and its > > >>> contents... is this possible ? I'm trying this expression, but it > > >>> doesn't work... > > >>> > > >>> sed 's/<span xxxx[^\(</span>\)]+<\/span>//g' file > > >>> > > >>> is there anything like it ? > > >>> > > >>> I would like to obtain > > >>> > > >>> 2222 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I hope someone can help, > > >>> > > >>> thank you, > > >>> > > >>> siran If you haven't yet solved the above problem, give the following a try: sed 's/\(<span .*>.*<\/span>\)\(.*\)\(<span .*>.*<\/span>\)/\2/' regards, joseph <snip>
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