Comments on: sed and Multi-Line Search and Replace http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/ A blog about philosophy, Christianity, web development and whatever else I feel like writing about. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2-RC4-18391 By: Bash/CLI by dchirila - Pearltrees http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/comment-page-1/#comment-214533 Bash/CLI by dchirila - Pearltrees Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:13:32 +0000 http://www.ilfilosofo.com/?p=458#comment-214533 [...] sed and Multi-Line Search and Replace – Austin Matzko's Blog [...] [...] sed and Multi-Line Search and Replace – Austin Matzko's Blog [...]

]]> By: tweak linux by masterofthewind - Pearltrees http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/comment-page-1/#comment-214532 tweak linux by masterofthewind - Pearltrees Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:10:43 +0000 http://www.ilfilosofo.com/?p=458#comment-214532 [...] mv -f $ 1 .tmp $outputfile ; sed and Multi-Line Search and Replace – Austin Matzko's Blog [...] [...] mv -f $ 1 .tmp $outputfile ; sed and Multi-Line Search and Replace – Austin Matzko's Blog [...]

]]> By: How to save your Twitter timeline to a file with a simple script | TechRepublic http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/comment-page-1/#comment-213699 How to save your Twitter timeline to a file with a simple script | TechRepublic Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:00:53 +0000 http://www.ilfilosofo.com/?p=458#comment-213699 [...] upper case in the snippet above. Line 24 of the script, which I gratefully copied and adapted from Austin Matzko’s blog, is the sed way to find and replace text patterns over two consecutive lines. Running the script [...] [...] upper case in the snippet above. Line 24 of the script, which I gratefully copied and adapted from Austin Matzko’s blog, is the sed way to find and replace text patterns over two consecutive lines. Running the script [...]

]]> By: sed onliner to joing lines broken by a single carriage return « Nachopp's Blog http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/comment-page-1/#comment-213698 sed onliner to joing lines broken by a single carriage return « Nachopp's Blog Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:00:27 +0000 http://www.ilfilosofo.com/?p=458#comment-213698 [...] sed command tells to put a space and remove the line break. using the multiline search and replace method The second just gets rid of the leading white space at the beginning of line) [...] [...] sed command tells to put a space and remove the line break. using the multiline search and replace method The second just gets rid of the leading white space at the beginning of line) [...]

]]> By: Andreas Plank http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/comment-page-1/#comment-213684 Andreas Plank Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:49:08 +0000 http://www.ilfilosofo.com/?p=458#comment-213684 Your examples will fail, take care of / and \/! Change <code>s/<h2.*</h2>/No title here/g</code> to <code>s/<h2.*<\/h2>/No title here/g</code> or <code>s@<h2.*</h2>@No title here@g</code> Andreas Your examples will fail, take care of / and \/!
Change
s/<h2.*</h2>/No title here/g
to
s/<h2.*<\/h2>/No title here/g
or
s@<h2.*</h2>@No title here@g

Andreas

]]> By: Pull desired sequences out of a multiple FASTA file with regex pattern match | the act or process of arranging http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/comment-page-1/#comment-213665 Pull desired sequences out of a multiple FASTA file with regex pattern match | the act or process of arranging Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:01:42 +0000 http://www.ilfilosofo.com/?p=458#comment-213665 [...] This posting from austin matzko ‘s blog looked really useful, but ultimately The Grymoire awed me with its comprehensiveness and clarity, in this case, for all things sed. [...] [...] This posting from austin matzko ‘s blog looked really useful, but ultimately The Grymoire awed me with its comprehensiveness and clarity, in this case, for all things sed. [...]

]]> By: Bill http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/comment-page-1/#comment-213536 Bill Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:51:32 +0000 http://www.ilfilosofo.com/?p=458#comment-213536 A variation of your sample I am using: <code> sed -n -e '/<filter>/,/<\/filter>/ { /<criteriaItems>/,/<\/criteriaItems>/ { /<criteriaItems>/h /<criteriaItems>/!H /<\/criteriaItems>/ { g s/ *\n *//g p } } } ' "$i" > "$i".crit </code> In this example, I am removing line wraps so I can easily do a grep on the contents between a beginning and ending XML statement. A variation of your sample I am using:


sed -n -e '/<filter>/,/<\/filter>/ {
/<criteriaItems>/,/<\/criteriaItems>/ {
/<criteriaItems>/h
/<criteriaItems>/!H
/<\/criteriaItems>/ {
g
s/ *\n *//g
p
}
}
}
' "$i" > "$i".crit

In this example, I am removing line wraps so I can easily do a grep on the contents between a beginning and ending XML statement.

]]> By: Bill http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/comment-page-1/#comment-213535 Bill Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:45:32 +0000 http://www.ilfilosofo.com/?p=458#comment-213535 Thanks you, your example works as expected. However, after viewing your code I came-up with a simpler version: <code> sed -e '/<h2/,/<\/h2>/{s/<h2.*/No text here/p;d}' sample.php</code> Thanks you, your example works as expected. However, after viewing your code I came-up with a simpler version:


sed -e '/<h2/,/<\/h2>/{s/<h2.*/No text here/p;d}' sample.php

]]> By: atomopawn http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/comment-page-1/#comment-213195 atomopawn Thu, 05 May 2011 14:07:15 +0000 http://www.ilfilosofo.com/?p=458#comment-213195 Thanks! I found this incredibly helpful. In my case, the second approach works better than the first, though, because sed uses the "longest match" rule. I needed to replace several multiline sections, not just one. So the first approach (which replaced ALL sections with the new patter) didn't work for me. The second "less efficient" approach did exactly what I wanted. Thanks again! Thanks! I found this incredibly helpful. In my case, the second approach works better than the first, though, because sed uses the “longest match” rule. I needed to replace several multiline sections, not just one. So the first approach (which replaced ALL sections with the new patter) didn’t work for me. The second “less efficient” approach did exactly what I wanted.

Thanks again!

]]> By: Refining Linux http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/comment-page-1/#comment-212904 Refining Linux Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:01:46 +0000 http://www.ilfilosofo.com/?p=458#comment-212904 <strong>#20: Multi-line sed search and replace...</strong> This article is part of the 2010 Advent calendar series “24 Short Linux Hints”. This series focuses on little (and sometimes longer) tricks, tips and hints to solve common problems and really improve your workflow. sed is built to process strings (eith... #20: Multi-line sed search and replace…

This article is part of the 2010 Advent calendar series “24 Short Linux Hints”. This series focuses on little (and sometimes longer) tricks, tips and hints to solve common problems and really improve your workflow. sed is built to process strings (eith…

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