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# 1  
Old 02-12-2009
Multiline read with multicharacter record seperator
I have a file like the below:

Start
<</NumCopies 0001>>
0223 098 et(5926)sh
0223 098 mt(5926)sh
End
Start
<</NumCopies 0001>>
0224 098 et(5926)sh
0224 098 mt(5926)sh
End

This file needs to be split to seperate files. Each of the seperate file will need to contain whatever is inside the start and end. Including the patterns start and end

I tried using awk with RS="End". But it doesnt work well on more than one charater. Any thoughts how this can be done.
# 2  
Old 02-12-2009
will create output files 'file<number>':
Code:
nawk 'BEGIN{ f="file";cnt=1} /Start/ {close(out);out=f cnt++}; /Start/,/End/ {print >out}' myInputFile

# 3  
Old 02-12-2009
Thanks. Works perfectly well for me.
Was also trying out csplit.

csplit filename /End/ {2}

But it doesnt include the End pattern itself in the split files.
# 4  
Old 02-12-2009
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
open FH,"a.txt";
while(<FH>){
	if (/Start/){
		$n++;
	}
	$arr[$n].=$_;	
}
close FH;
for(my $i=0;$i<$#arr;$i++){
	$file=sprintf("out%d.txt",$i);
	open FH,">$file";
	print FH $arr[$i+1];
	close FH;
}

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