Suppose I have a html input like

```
<li>this is a html input line</li>

```

I want to filter all such input lines from a file which begins with `<li>` and ends with `</li>`. Now my idea was to search for pattern `<li>` in the first field and pattern `</li>` in the last field using the below awk command

```
awk '$1 ~ /\<li\>/ ; $NF ~ /\</li\>/ {print $0}'

```

but looks like there is no provision to match two fields at a time or I am making some syntax mistakes. Could you please help me here?

PS: I am working on a Solaris SunOS machine.