SunOS - (Bash) Grep Command To Get after lines from match that doesn't contain pattern

Question

i've a issue that i mentioned at the title.

There are lines in my file like:

<Hi>
<Test>
<Test2>
</Test2>
</Test>
</Hi>

So i need to get "Hi" tag's whole content. But i don't have a gnu grep and can't install it i'm not root on the machine. I can use only :

Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file . . .

So can't use -A and -B commands or other gnu grep commands, can you please show me a way out..

Thanks in advance..

This has been discussed already. Please see this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags — tvm, Nov 21 '13 at 07:00
actually this's not the same..And also this post that you sent is very old 4 years changes everything... — Sercan Ozdemir, Nov 21 '13 at 07:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 07:04

1

Does your system have awk, if so, try:

awk '/<Hi>/,/<\/Hi>/' file
<Hi>
<Test>
<Test2>
</Test2>
</Test>
</Hi>

Or you could use:

awk '/<Hi>/{f=1} /<\/Hi>/ {f=0;print} f' file

answered Nov 21 '13 at 07:04

Jotne

It gave me that: awk: record `00:00:00,022 DEBUG c...' too long record number 9 – Sercan Ozdemir Nov 21 '13 at 07:05
Test the second option I added. Both should work since you have tag `ubuntu`. What version of `ubuntu` are you on. – Jotne Nov 21 '13 at 07:08
Sorry that gave me error : awk: syntax error near line 1 awk: bailing out near line 1 – Sercan Ozdemir Nov 21 '13 at 07:09
Cam you give me the output of `cat /etc/*-release`. I am testing this on `Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS` – Jotne Nov 21 '13 at 07:13
cat: cannot open /etc/*-release , i don't know exact version of Linux but i just learned that i'm not on a UBuntu computer it's a SunOS "uname -mrs" command says. I Checked here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/find-linux-distribution-name-version-number/ to learn version and got that.. Sorry for wrong information.. Its a SUNOS – Sercan Ozdemir Nov 21 '13 at 07:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '13 at 07:34

1

What about the venerable sed?

sed -n '/<Hi>/,/<\/Hi>/p' file

answered Nov 21 '13 at 07:34

chthonicdaemon

hwnd · Answer 3 · 2013-11-21T08:20:46.083

1

Using sed:

sed -n '/<Hi>/,/<\/Hi>/p' file

Perl one-liner..

perl -ne 'print if /<Hi>/ .. /<\/Hi>/' file

edited Nov 21 '13 at 08:20

answered Nov 21 '13 at 07:55

hwnd

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