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Old 04-16-2009
Print all the lines between 2 specified strings

Hi All,

I have a file in which i want to print all the lines between 2 defined strings. Ex- I have file with data as follows
STEP1:-
----- has some 20 -30 lines of data
STEP2:-
----- has some 20 -30 lines of data
So i want to print those lines between STEP1 & STEP2. (line including STEP1)

Thanks,
Raghava
# 2  
Old 04-16-2009
Code:
awk '/STEP 1/,/STEP 2/' file

# 3  
Old 04-16-2009
Thanks Ghostdog, but the output has the STEP 2 line which i dont want....
# 4  
Old 04-16-2009
Error

Hi Ghostdog
But if want to use same syntax bt here the value for STEP1 and STEP2 is not hard coded but if i want to pass these value through varialble thn how can i acheive this n how can i define the variable
# 5  
Old 04-16-2009
any update......????

How to call the varaible value in '/STEP1/,/STEP2/'????
# 6  
Old 04-17-2009
Code:
sed -n '/pat1/,/pat2/p' a.txt

# 7  
Old 04-17-2009
Hi,
awk '/STEP 1/,/STEP 2/' file will return for all the occurances . if i want to get only 1st or second occuraces then what needs to be done....
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