macOS Delete <br /> from a txt file

[vloryan]

How can i delete

<br />

from a txt file using Applescript or shell script?

thanks!

 

[chrfr]

How can i delete

<br />

from a txt file using Applescript or shell script?

thanks!

Do you have only one file or many?

 

[vloryan]

At least 7 files per folder. Files shall be edited and overwritten.

 

[briloronmacrumo]

TextWrangler

How can i delete <br /> from a txt file using Applescript or shell script?

TextWrangler provides powerful multi-file search and replace ( including grep if needed ) and might prove more effective and less technically challenging than a script. Rich Siegel and the great developers at Bare Bones are somehow able to offer this awesome tool at no charge. Anyway, just a thought since, on the surface, your editing needs appear basic. I have no affiliation with Bare Bones or the product. Just a happy user.

 

[JustMartin]

If you wanted to do it a a shell script, you could iterate through the files and run sed on them

It would look something like this

for each filename in /myDirectory do
  sed -n -e '/<br \/>/d' filename
end for

But, as a warning. I have not tested this code, this is simply an approach that you can start from. Try googling 'loop through files with bash' and 'sed guides'. I strongly advise that you start working this stuff out for yourself. I don't think the kind of spoon feeding you're getting here is in your best interests.