Hello,

I have a text file where the start and end of List will be marked with <list> and </list>. I want to code every paragraphs appearing inside this to be tagged as <item> and </item>

For example
Input format

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
+ over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The 
+quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps ov
+er the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
<list>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</list>
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
+ over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The 
+quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps ov
+er the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

[download]

Output should be: 

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
+ over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The 
+quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps ov
+er the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
<list><item>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</item>
<item>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</item>
<item>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</item></list>
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
+ over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The 
+quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps ov
+er the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

[download]

Can anyone give a regex pattern to replace this?

Sriram

20060622 Janitored by Corion: Added code tags around data, as per Writeup Formatting Tips

In reply to Regex to replace a particular part of content by rsriram

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