Re: [tlug] shell question

[Viktor Pavlenko <vvp@example.com>]

>>>>> "TMQ" == Tod McQuillin <devin@example.com> writes:

    TMQ> On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Stephen Lee wrote:
    >> I often find myself wanting to remove from piped data lines
    >> starting with one regxp and ending with another.  e.g.
    >> 
    >> This is line 1
    >> Beginning
    >> some unneeded data
    >> some more unneeded data
    >> Finishing
    >> Some more lines
    >> 
    >> I want to remove every line between 'Beginning' and 'Finishing'
    >> inclusive.  Do you know any quick, short command that does it?

    TMQ> perl -ne 'print unless /^Beginning$/ .. /^Finishing$/' file

Isn't it amazing how expressive perl is? The ease of writing
unreadable perl scripts is just another proof of it, that's the price
you pay for expressiveness.

-- 
Viktor