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Old 04-23-2012
Grabbing Keywords Below a Searched Keyword
Hello,
I have a text file like the one found below and wouild like the grab the certain lines after the searched phrase. For example, I'd like to look up "Hello" and once I find the "Hello" section, grab the lines that contain "Text" and stops at the next section.

Input.txt
Code:
Example Hello
Filler A
Filler B
Filler C
Text Bon Jour
Text Salut
Text Hola
Filler Z
Example Bye
Filler A1
....
...

desired output:
Code:
Text Bon Jour
Text Salut
Text Hola

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Last edited by vgersh99; 04-23-2012 at 02:44 PM.. Reason: code tags, please!
# 2  
Old 04-23-2012
What's your system?
# 3  
Old 04-23-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
What's your system?
I'm running on an AIX machine.
# 4  
Old 04-23-2012
Code:
sed -n '/Example Hello/,/Example/s/Text.*/&/p' myFile

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# 5  
Old 04-23-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
sed -n '/Example Hello/,/Example/s/Text.*/&/p' myFile


wow, didn't realize sed can be used like that! thanks!

---------- Post updated at 02:43 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:43 PM ----------

what would the sed syntax look like if I wanted to reverse the order?

So if I was looking for "Text Bon Jour" my ouput would be "Example Hello"?
# 6  
Old 04-23-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by jl487

what would the sed syntax look like if I wanted to reverse the order?

So if I was looking for "Text Bon Jour" my ouput would be "Example Hello"?
Please provide a representative data sample and a desired output.
# 7  
Old 04-23-2012
well, I guess the input file would be the same:

Code:
Example Hello
Filler A
Filler B
Filler C
Text Bon Jour
Text Salut
Text Hola
Filler Z
Example Bye
Filler A1
....
...

and if I did a query for "Text Bon Jour" or "Text Hola", my ouput would be the following:

Code:
Example Hello
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