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Old 06-07-2012
How to select files based on a criteria?
I have a file.....
Code:
 
xxx 2345 455
abc 345 555
cdf 456 777
fff 555 888

Now my requirement is, Say if, i want to select only those records prior to the record fff 555 888...

how do i go about doing this in unix....

The fff would be hardcoded as it wud be fixed and everytime when i run this script it shud only pick all the prior records i e
Code:
xxx 2345 455
abc 345 555
cdf 456 777

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Last edited by vbe; 06-07-2012 at 09:18 AM..
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Old 06-07-2012
Code:
perl -e ' while(<>){last if (!/^fff/); print }' filename

# 3  
Old 06-07-2012
Shorter.
Code:
perl -pe '/^fff/ && last' file

# 4  
Old 06-07-2012
Code:
perl -pe '/^fff/ && last' file

..........Worked........Simple Awesome...


I would love to know how this actually worked...some explaination on the code so that i can explain this to my team. Smilie

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Last edited by vbe; 06-07-2012 at 12:49 PM.. Reason: code tags...
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Old 06-07-2012
Code:
perl     # The language compiler
-e       # Allows you to write code on command line to be executed by compiler
-p       # Iterate over each line of file and print by default
/^fff/   # Pattern matching - match string that starts with "fff"
&&       # Logical AND operator
last     # Stop iterating and go to end of loop (in this case, eof)
file     # Input file name

To summarise: Iterate over each line of file and print it. If line starts with "fff", stop iterating.
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# 6  
Old 06-20-2012
Continuing on the same Question...

Now how we select records...Earlier, we selected prior records..but now, say
Code:
xxx 2345 455
abc 345 555
cdf 456 777
fff 555 888

I want to select whats below xxx and above fff......
my result shud be
Code:
abc 345 555
cdf 456 777

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Mod Comment Please use next time code tags for your code and data
Last edited by vbe; 06-20-2012 at 09:15 AM..
# 7  
Old 06-20-2012
Code:
perl -ne '/^xxx/ && next; /^fff/ && last; print' file

 
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