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From: bollella@ra.cs.unc.edu (Gregory Bollella)
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Subject: Re: Unix regular expression question  grep, sed
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Date: 3 Jun 89 16:02:08 GMT
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In article <1421@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> rkc@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (rkc) writes:
>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

You should be able to use the following:

   sed /*name*/,/*name*/d < foo

where the '/'s are required, the '*'s are part of your name as
you indicated in your posting (and not necessary for sed) 
and foo is your file name.

Short description:  The (/*name*/,/*name*/) is an address given by
two patterns.  The 'd' just deletes all that the address indicates.


Gregory Bollella                     bollella@cs.unc.edu
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