grep specific info from a file

[Mr_Noob]

Hi all,

What is the best way to grep into a file, only lines beginning with
"[" and ending with "]" ?
And then, how can I feed an array with the information contained
between the 2 brackets, without the 2 brackets?

here is a sample of my file :

....
[blah blah blah]
some stuff here

[blabla again]
here is some other stuff here too
....


What I'd like to obtain is :

....
bla blah blah
blabla again
....


thanks in advance for ur help
Regards

 

[Mr_Noob]

Exactly !
Thanks a lot !

 

[Jürgen Exner]

What is the best way to grep into a file, only lines beginning with
"[" and ending with "]" ?
And then, how can I feed an array with the information contained
between the 2 brackets, without the 2 brackets?

Just loop through the file. For each line if it m//atches the condition (no
need for grep()) then push() the substr()ing portion into the array.

Other ways:
- to check for first/last character just extract them via substr() and
compare to "[" resp. "]"
- if you inlcude then center portion in your RE for m//, then you can group
it and just push $1 into the array.
- slurp the whole file into the array, then grep() for the right lines, then
discard leding/trailing square brackets

I am sure there are many more variation.

jue