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Removing multiple blocks of records |
Pipelines v1.6 |
.* Example by TenFiftyTwo(c). |
.* The following pipeline reads the file: Startup.ini and removes all of the [TCPIP] sections..* This pipeline construction can be used to remove any number of blocks of records that begin and.* end with a known label, ie) character or characters. In this example, each block of records that.* start with the expression '\[tcpip([0-9])*\]' and end with the record immediately before a record.* which starts with the character '[', are removed. pipe (endchar ? escape %)
< &installdrive:\&installpath\Examples\Input\Startup.ini .* Read the input file. | change 1 /[/ /@[/ .* Insert an '@' infront of any '[' character. | split after str /@/ .* Split a record after an '@' character. | a: between casei() reg /\[tcpip([0-9])*\]/ /@/ .* Discard records.. | hole .* ..up to the next marker. ? a: | nlocate 1 /@/ .* Discard any marked records. | cons .* Display the selected records on the console.