[H-GEN] replacing text between 2 strings

[Shaun Nykvist]

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Hi all

I have managed to solve part of the problem (thanks to those who 
responded), however is there a way to insert a line break or carriage 
return after a specified text string, in a text document.

Cheers
Shaun


At 08:35 AM 9/01/2003 +1000, you wrote:
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>Hi Shaun; please, when starting a new thread, don't follow up on a
>previous one,
>
>Shaun Nykvist <shaun at kangawallafox.com.au> writes:
>
> > I have about 200 text files where I need to delete the text between
> > multiple occurrences of 2 constant strings.  For example
> > Return-Path
> >
> > various text here
> >
> > Date
>
>For a single file:
>
>sed '/^Return-Path$/,/^Date$/c\
>Return-Path\
>Date\
>' input_file > output_file
>
>I haven't found a way to do non inclusive sed addresses.
>
>Remember to back up your data before doing anything :)
>
>happy scripting,
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>Clinton Roy
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