Boy, I cant figure out why I can't get grep down but I get lost every
time I try


I have a series of files that I have cleaned with a textfactory and
have this type of smunge left in almost every line;


53 Yamaha 400 XJR R 4HM 95-97 <a href=ST476V2.html
target='_blank'>MLV2F476</> enthalten MLV1H901 <a href=ST476H1.html
target='_blank'>MLV1R476</> MLV1H901


There's a tab on each side of the problem text

<tab><a href=ST107V1.html target='_blank'>MLV1F107</><tab>

<tab><a href=ST461V3.html target='_blank'>MLV3F461</><tab>

I need to eliminate the link code and end up with just the part no. in
between the tabs that are on each side of the link/part no.

<tab>MLV1F107<tab>

<tab>MLV3F461<tab>

53 Yamaha 400 XJR R 4HM 95-97 MLV2F476 enthalten MLV1H901
MLV1R476 MLV1H901

etc.

These bits of chaff sometimes (but not always) occur multiple times in
a line. Some lines might not have any link code and jut the part no.
(which I need to leave alone).

Although they have the word Schadenfreude I'm starting to think the
Germans don't have a word for "well formed data export".

Any help/tips/ are appreciated.

M./



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