sed html tags

[Joseph Olatt]

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> > >>> Hi, I have the string
> > >>>
> > >>> <span xxxx> 111 </span> 2222 <span yyyy> 3333 </span>
> > >>>
> > >>> And i wish to use sed to strip *only* the "<span xxxx>" tag and its
> > >>> contents... is this possible ? I'm trying this expression, but it
> > >>> doesn't work...
> > >>>
> > >>> sed 's/<span xxxx[^\(</span>\)]+<\/span>//g' file
> > >>>
> > >>> is there anything like it ?
> > >>>
> > >>> I would like to obtain
> > >>>
> > >>> 2222
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> I hope someone can help,
> > >>>
> > >>> thank you,
> > >>>
> > >>> siran

If you haven't yet solved the above problem, give the following a try:

sed 's/\(<span .*>.*<\/span>\)\(.*\)\(<span .*>.*<\/span>\)/\2/'


regards,
joseph

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