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# 1  
Old 12-21-2010
Saving ranges using awk
Hi All,

Is there a way to save a range in variable for later printing?

for example write somthing like this:
Code:
awk '
/pattern1/,/pattern2/{f=range}
/pattern3/{print f}
'

I don't know excatly what "range" could be but is there a way to do this?
Last edited by Franklin52; 12-21-2010 at 10:24 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
# 2  
Old 12-21-2010
Code:
awk '
/pattern1/,/pattern2/{f?f=f RS $0:f=$0}
/pattern3/{print f}
' file

# 3  
Old 12-21-2010
something like this?

Quote:
awk '/pattern1/,/pattern2/ { f=f"\n"$0 } /pattern3/ { print f}' input_file
# 4  
Old 12-21-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottn
Code:
awk '
/pattern1/,/pattern2/{f?f=f RS $0:f=$0}
/pattern3/{print f}
' file

a slight mod:
Code:
awk '
/pattern1/,/pattern2/{f?f=f RS $0:f=$0}
/pattern3/{print f;f=""}
' file

This User Gave Thanks to vgersh99 For This Post:
Scott
# 5  
Old 12-21-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
a slight mod:
Code:
awk '
/pattern1/,/pattern2/{f?f=f RS $0:f=$0}
/pattern3/{print f;f=""}
' file

to allow multiple range matches. Good idea Smilie
# 6  
Old 12-21-2010
Thanks alot for all your replies but when I tried the below one:
Code:
awk '
/pattern1/,/pattern2/{f?f=f RS $0:f=$0}
/pattern3/{print f;f=""}
' file

there was an error in the second line:
Code:
awk: syntax error near line 2
awk: illegal statement near line 2

Last edited by Scott; 12-21-2010 at 10:36 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 7  
Old 12-21-2010
Use nawk on Solaris.
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