Hi again David,
I wonder if `diff -b' is the wrong approach as it's applying the -b to
the whole file. Would using sed to canonicalise that one line to no
spaces at start or end, and only one space in between be better?
Something like
sed '/<div>/n; /Need/!n; s/ */ /g; s/^ //; s/ $//'
If the line contains "<div>", start again with the next one.
If the line doesn't contain "Need", start again with the next one.
# We're now on the non-<div> Need line.
Replace runs of two or more spaces with a single space.
Remove any leading single space.
Ditto trailing.
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Cheers, Ralph.
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/ralphcorderoy/
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