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Old 02-17-2008
sophiadun sophiadun is offline
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parse through one text file and output many

Hi, everyone

The input file pattern is like below:

Begin Object1

txt1

end
;


Begin Object2

txt2

end
;

...


I want to parse this one file into Object1.txt, Obeject2.txt... each contains one statement from 'Begin' to ';' , e.g. object1.txt contains:
Begin object1

txt1

end
;

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Any thoughts?
also, Questions
1. any AWK or SED can search for a pattern across many lines?
2. how can I output many files?
3. Shall I move this thread to "Shell Programming and Scripting"?

Thank you in advance