CODEWITHSUNDEEP
bashperlsedtcl
ThisUser_New
ThisUser_New

Reputation: 15

tcl or sed or shell search replace multiple lines

I have a file which contains section I'd like to delete: 

 mu->doe = '( tr <br>
     tekt  ( tr uapp "(Finction rood (\;)<br>
     ord  ( a b c)<br>

  )<br>

  mu->Koe = '( tr<br>
     tekt  ( tr uapp "(Finction rood (\;)..<br>
     ord  ( a b c)<br>

  )<br>

  mu->Yoe = '( tr <br>
     tekt  ( tr uapp "(Finction rood (\;)<br>
     ord  ( a b c)<br>

  )<br>

I need to remove mu-> Koe section resulting text in the file should be:

  mu->doe = '( tr <br>
     tekt  ( tr uapp "(Finction rood (\;)<br>
     ord  ( a b c)<br>

  )<br>

   mu->Yoe = '( tr <br>
     tekt  ( tr uapp "(Finction rood (\;)<br>
     ord  ( a b c)<br>

  )<br>

I used sed: 

sed -e '/mica/,+5d'

but the number of lines may vary and will not be good solution.. Either sed, tcl or any script will be helpful..

Upvotes: 1

Views: 68

Answers (1)

glenn jackman
glenn jackman

Reputation: 246847

Perhaps: 

sed '/mu->Koe/,/^)$/d' file

That will delete from the Koe line to the next line containing only a right parenthesis. You may need to adjust the 2nd pattern to account for whitespace.

Upvotes: 1

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