Issue
Trying to remove a specific html tag from a file.
Question:
file: test1.txt
Hello World
</body>
</html>
sed
sed -e 's/<\/body>\\n<\/html>\\n//' test1.txt > test2.txt
Desired result in test2.txt
Hello World
Actual
Hello World
</body>
</html>
Solution
Should I be using the sed command for desired results?
Actually grep suits it better with:
grep -Ev '</(body|html)>' file
Hello World
If you want to remove specific <body>\n</html>\n string only then use this sed that would work with any version of sed:
sed '/<\/body>/{N; /<\/html>/ {N; s~</body>\n</html>\n~~;};}' file
Hello World
Answered By - anubhava Answer Checked By - Pedro (WPSolving Volunteer)
