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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:24:59 +1300 (NZDT)
From: Eric Gillespie <viking AT flying-brick DOT caverock DOT net DOT nz>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Sed script for stripping HTML
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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Eric Gillespie wrote:

.... sed script....
:]       <--- close set
:*       <--- any number of chars of the preceding set

Ooops, forgot to add the last pattern to match...    
>        <--- to close the HTML comment.
//      <--- end pattern, and specify empty replace string
g       <--- do it right through the file...
' or "  <--- depending on OS (Unix = ', DOS = ") finishes the command
old.html     original filename
>       <--- redirect (unless you want it all going to screen?)
new.txt      new filename

:I haven't worked it out for removing stuff across lines yet (for removing
:Javascript and Java...) ...
after all, when Javascript is like <blahjava> script </blahjava>
it would mean a multiline sed script

Cheers again...

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