sed remove

Shell Programming and Scripting
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anyone out there knows how to remove pattern <random string> use sed?

2

Removes string "random string" :

sed 's/random string//g' inputfile

Removes lines xontaining "random string" :

sed '/random string/d' inputfile

Jean-Pierre.

3

I have a file with many pattern like <...>
"random string" is just an example
I want to know how to delete every thing in between < and > also "<" and ">".
<first>a<second>b<3rd>
<4th>c
becomes
ab
c

Thanks

4

Try :

sed 's/<\([^>]*\)>/\1 /g' inputfile

Jean-Pierre.

5

Hi aigles,

Thanks for the code.
Sorry, I made a mistake in my example.
The code deletes < and > but it does not delete the content within <>. I'm having trouble to figure out how to remove <, > and the stuff with in.

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sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' inputfile

Jean-Pierre.

7

brilliant~