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10-04-2007

agibbs

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awk + last occurrence

Hi,
I'm attempting to search, using awk, a pattern range in a file. Something like:
>awk '/first bit of text.../,/...last bit of text/' file
Is it possible to print only the last (or first) occurrence of the pattern range this way?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Al