Re: parsing a text file

On 4/7/2008 12:01 PM, ric 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

"something like" is kinda vague. Should it be EXACTLY this:

-----------
for some sea bass
The bass part the song
proposed elaborate program public works.This information
the program required several hundred
----------

Note in particular the interpretation of "works.This" as one "word" since
it
contains no spaces. If you want to use something other than spaces as
"word"
delimitters, you'll have to tell us what the delimitters are or some other
way
to recognise a "word".

Regards,

	Ed.