Alternative in Python:
Input:
blah
xxx
yyy
**********************************************************
** 05T00NPQSMR1 P98P2234 Tue 10 03 09:57:24 2006
** dibid= 1166 testerid= 6
** sample= 100 0
** tasM= MFMM xx xx xx
** tasC= MFMC xx xx xx
************************************
xxxx
yyy
zzz
blah
blah
**********************************************************
** 05T00NPQSMR1 P98P2234 Tue 10 03 09:57:24 2006
** dibid= 1166 testerid= 6
** sample= 100 0
** tasM= MFMM xx xx xx
** tasC= MFMC xx xx xx
************************************
xxxasdfljsdlfx
yyy;slkfd;s
zzzsdklfjsd
blasdflksdjh
blajaspofkspodf
Code:
number = []
all = open("test.txt").readlines()
for num,line in enumerate(all):
line = line.strip()
if "*" * 58 in line:
number.append(num)
for i in range(len(number)):
try:
print ''.join(all[ number[i]:number[i+1] ] )
except:
print ''.join(all[number[i]:])
