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06-08-2006

tmarikle

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Quote:

Originally Posted by vgersh99

nawk -f cn.awk your_log_file

cn.awk:

Code:

BEGIN {
  RS=FS=""
  PATexclude="(CONNECT)|(alter system switch logfile)"
}
$0 !~ PATexclude

Nice! This works as long as the paragraphs have whitespace between them.