removing-a-block-of-records.rex

Pipelines v2.1

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 1
 2 /* The following pipeline reads the file: startup.ini and removes the first [TCPIP] section.
 3 The FROMLABEL stages are used to select the beginning and ending records of the section
 4 that we want to remove. */
 5
 6 Address Rxpipe
 7
 8 'pipe (endchar ? reg 1)',
 9 '< &installdrive:\&installpath\examples\input\startup.ini',
 10 '| take 23',
 11 '| a: fromlabel casei() /[tcpip]/', /* Select records starting with the TCPIP label. */
 12 '| drop 1', /* Discard the label record. */
 13 '| fromlabel reg /^\[.*/', /* Start reading records again from the next label. */
 14 '| b: faninany', /* Combine the streams. */
 15 '| cons', /* Display on the console. */
 16 '?',
 17 'a:',
 18 '| take *', /* Unselected records from FROMLABEL stage. */
 19 '| b:' /* Route them back to main pipeline. */
 20
 21 Say 'Hit Enter to close..'
 22 Parse Pull
 23
 24 Exit 0
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Console output

 
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 1 [FILES]
 2 Order=ba
 3 a=d:\file a1.txt
 4 b=d:\file b3.txt
 5
 6 [SPOOL]
 7 Header=2e
 8 State=0a
 9
 10 [FILES1]
 11 Order=ba
 12 a=d:\file a9.txt
 13 b=d:\file b2.txt
 14
 15 [TCPIP1]
 16 ID=20
 17 Path=C:\Program Files
 18 Vers=2.0
 19 Hit Enter to close..