in reply to Re^4: Searching a pattern's first and last occurrence in a file.
in thread Searching a pattern's first and last occurrence in a file.

Actually i need to search html tag like <XXX>Jan or <XXX>Feb

Hm. Each time you post, the target changes:

  1. searches for a particular pattern's(Oct-18-2013)
  2. ABCXXX where xxx could be Jan Feb...... Dec
  3. <XXX>Jan or <XXX>Feb </i?
Not getting the desired results

Oh. So what are you getting? And how does that differ from your desires? And how are you doing it?

Try .... something different. That's the best I can come up with given the complete lack of information you've provided. Good luck.

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