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Retreive content between specific lines ina file
Hi
I have a text file which has two sets of lines repeating for "n" number of times.Some data is printed between the two lines.I want to retrieve all the data thats there in between those two set of lines.I have the string value of those two set of lines. To be much more clearer line1line1line1line1line1line1line1line1 datadatadatadatadatadatadatadat datadatadatadatadatadatadatadata line2line2line2line2line2line2line2line2 * * * line1line1line1line1line1line1line1line1 data1data1data1data1data1data1 data1data1data1data1data1data1 line2line2line2line2line2line2line2line2 . . . .this repeats for n number of times. Pls help Cheers Vijay |
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Try this:
Code:
awk -v var1="begin_string" -v var2="end_string" '
$0==var1{f=0}
$0==var2{f++;next}f' file
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Thanks a lot franklin.
But I get a syntax error at the semi colon part Sorry ima perfect newbie to unix scripting  |
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Use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris
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Hi
I managed to run it using another command awk '/string1/,/string2/'. I have one more query... I have a file which has values like the following..with a delimiter between sets of lines Line1 value1 Line2 value1 Line 3 value1 ------------ line 1 value2 line 2 value2 line 3 value2 will it be possibel for me to make a table sort of thing such that underneath line 1..i have all values [value 1,value2] and underneath line 2 i have all the values line1 line2 value1 value1 value2 value2 thanks for your time Cheers Vijay |
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