Search / Find / grep command ... - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

videsh77 · #1 02-22-2007

Is there any command, so I can retrieve all the records in a file from the first occurance of a search string, within that file?

matrixmadhan · #2 02-22-2007

I would say,

'NO' to retrieve all the patterns just from the first occurrence of the search string from a file

Code:

grep ^pattern file

How would the grep evaluate othe patterns by just identifying the first occurrence of the search string?

If I havent understood your req, then I need to rethink

videsh77 · #3 02-22-2007

Ok, let me be clear in my question.

A,1
B,2
C,3
D,4
E,5

If I search for C, then I should get output as below,

C,3
D,4
E,5

grep ^C file, is returning me only 1 row. It is not helping me.

matrixmadhan · #4 02-22-2007

this is clear

Code:

awk '/^C/, /\$/ {print }' file

videsh77 · #5 02-22-2007

Thanks, it works as expected.

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