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From: rkc@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (rkc)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Unix regular expression question  grep, sed
Message-ID: <1421@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Date: 31 May 89 20:44:02 GMT
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
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I have a case where I want to delete, from a text file, something that looks
like:

/*name*/
...lots of multiple line junk
/*name*/

Everything between the /*name*/ AND both of the /*name*/ lines must be
removed.  Finally, name is a known specific name, but the multiple line junk
varies from time to time.  I cannot figure out how to write the regular
expression, so if some SED/GREP guru can help me out (maybe with a short
description of why it works) I'd really appreciate it.
E-mail answers; I'll post if others are interested.
		Thanks,
		-Rob