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Following example can be used when we want to move characters around in the file based on xml tags or other character prefixes.
I wanted to remove sequencenumber tag along with value within tags from following line. I also wanted to move tags salary and suffix to first position after begin.
101886122arpit23452345shah116056III
Following script can help:
$ sed 's:\(\)\(.*\)\(.*last>\)\(.*suffix>\)\(.*\):\1\4\3\5:' a
116056IIIarpit23452345shah