deleting all lines of HTML code between two points

wschaepe · Post by **wschaepe** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:59 am

I have HTML files. I am trying t o delete all lines of HTML between two tags,

<div class="printfooter">
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multiple lines of HTML code
NOt all the same in each file
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</body></html>

I want to delete the tag <div class="printfooter"> and everything that follows it except for the last two tags. I want to keep the last two tags on the pages: </body></html>

I had asked about this before and was using NewPP limit report as the starting point. <div class="printfooter"> is the better starting point.

The answer I got was this:
Simon Carter suggested I use the following:
Use the EasyPattern search replace:

NewPP limit report[ 0+ chars ]</script>[ 0+ whitespace ]</body>

Replace with:

</body>

If you have more than 4KB of text in-between, then click the [...] button next to the search/replace type and increase the maximum match size.

But this did not work. When I ran it,the output log said there was no difference between the input and output file.

Post by **DataMystic Support** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:54 pm

Get rid of the cr/lf after your <div> tag - it is preventing the pattern from matching.

Also, copy some text into the trial run area and test it out there with Prompt On Replace turned on.

wschaepe · Post by **wschaepe** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:25 am

It still does not seem to work.

I have this for the find EasyPattern: <div class="printfooter">[0+chars]</body>
To be replaced by this: </body>
I made the max match size over 300000.

The output logs says that: 1) either that the output does not appear to be different to input file - deleting (output filter\output only modified files)
or 2) 0 replace(s) performed for pattern match [<div class="printfooter">[0+char]<body>\r\n\r\n]

I have attached the part of the html files that I am trying to eliminate: Everything between <div class="printfooter"> to the end. I want the printfooter eliminated and want to add back in the ending tags of body and html, if they are deleted.

Regards,
Bill

wschaepe · Post by **wschaepe** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:09 am

Problem Solved.

I have it working now. Maybe the difference is that in EasyPattern, I typed the pattern into the box rather than cut and pasted it.

On the HTML files, I want to delete everything between <div class="printfooter">[0+char]</body> and then replace it with </body>.

I checked the output and all code between <div class="printfooter"> and </body> is gone!!! Maybe by cutting and pasting, i was sticking in CR/LF's and not knowing it.

Thank you for your help.

Regards,
Bill Schaepe

Post by **DataMystic Support** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:44 am

You were - you can see in your log below that your search/replace had 2 extra lines after it

2) 0 replace(s) performed for pattern match [<div class="printfooter">[0+char]<body>\r\n\r\n]

Glad it's working now!

DataMystic

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