Copy selected contents from file

misenkiser · #1 (**permalink**) 10-05-2006

I want to capture contents of a file between 2 strings into another file

for eg all lines in between the keywords "start log" and "end log" should be copied into another file

Glenn Arndt · #2 (**permalink**) 10-05-2006

Here's a start:

Code:

echo "foo
bar
baz
quux
blorp" | awk '/bar/,/quux/ { print }'

misenkiser · #3 (**permalink**) 10-05-2006

Hi

Will this work from command prompt by just giving input and o/p file names ?

Glenn Arndt · #4 (**permalink**) 10-05-2006

Sure...

Code:

awk '/bar/,/quux/ { print }' file1 > file2

anbu23 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-05-2006

using sed

Code:

sed "/start log/,/end log/w filenm" orig_file

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