Re: parsing a text file

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ric  <ricardo7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Hi People:
>
>Could anybody tell me how can I do this with awk or bash shell?
>I've a file with this systaxis:
>
>#cat file
>I went fishing for some sea <bass>.
>The <bass> part of the song is very moving.
>
>he proposed an elaborate <program> of public works.This information
>was taken from the magazine.
>the <program> required several hundred lines of code.
>
>I need a script that gets 3 previus words and 3 words after the
>tag(<>) from a text file,EXCEPT the words greater than
>2 chars length(example of,a,an).
>
>Returning something like this:
>
>#----------------------------------
>for some sea bass
>The bass part the song
>proprosed elaborate program public works
>the program required several hundred

OBQuestion: What have you tried so far?

Your problem description sounds like pretty basic AWK.  It is hard to
imagine it taking more than 10-15 minutes to code this up.