copy lines data between 2 patterns in shell scripting

Question

This is my source.php file i want copy line number and line code if pattern matches between \'<(single quot less than) and \'>;(sinle quot greater than comma) <

Answer 1

Try the following command:

sed -ne "/'</,/>'\;/{=;p}" source.php | sed '/./N;s/\n/ /' > wdestination.php

The = prints the line number of the pattern. The second sed command puts the line number on the same line as the text, otherwise it would be printed on separate lines.

Answer 2

if you want to copy all lines that happens to be between '< and >'; into the destination.php :

sed -ne "/'</,/>'\;/wdestination.php" source.php