[olug] need some quick help with sed

[Obi-Wan]

>          bloatedpostID="$(echo -e`cat ../xml/slauce.xml | grep postID`)"
>          postID="$(echo `echo $bloatedpostID | *sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g'`)"*
> 
> obi-wan...much thanks.
>  let me know if you have some time for sed lessons.

Sed, ex, and vi all use the same regex patterns.  They're different
from perl, but still share much in common.  There are countless
resources online, plus a few O'Reilly books that were mentioned
earlier.

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Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
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