awk multiple line search and replace

[louisJ]

Hi

I am trying to search and replace a multi line pattern in a php file using awk.
The pattern starts with
<div id="navbar">
and ends with
</div>
and spans over an unknown number of lines.

I need the command to be a one liner.
I use the "record separator" like this :

awk -v RS="</div>" -v FILENEW="nouveau.php" '{gsub(/<div\ id\=\"navbar\">.*$/,"<?php include(\"menu.php\"); ?>",$0); print $0 "</div>">FILENEW; system("mv " FILENEW " " FILENAME)}' myfile.php

but it deletes all the
</div>
in the file.
How can I avoid this?

Thanks

[cfajohnson]

awk '/<div id="navbar">/,/<\/div>/ { next } 1' "$file"

[Kloschüssel]

Or use an xsl transformation, which I regard as the preferred way to proces xml documents. OTOH awk is good with data files where the data is structured vertically (in lines).

[louisJ]

Thanks.
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