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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Reading files using grep/sed/awk Post 302210361 by Jodyman on Monday 30th of June 2008 08:04:18 PM
Old 06-30-2008
Reading files using grep/sed/awk

After pouring over my LTKS and Unix in a nutshell, I'm stuck!

I have a large (BMC Report File) that has breaks on DM (district managers).

After a report header, there is a DM header like:
DM: DBP AARON ROBERTS
At the end of each DM break, there is:
** END OF REPORT **

There are also DM's in the report that I am not interested in and must be skipped.

What I grep on is the 3 character DM code, in this instance it is "DBP'. Once I find this line, I write each line into a new file called:
MONTHLY_PLAN_REPORT_XXX where XXX is DBP
until I reach ** END OF REPORT **, after which I move on to the next needed DM in my FOR loop.

I had thought to read each line until I found what I needed and then start all over again. LTKS states on pg 226 (The authors have gone for years without writing a script with read in it). What other way is there?

Please Help!

Jody
 

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END(7)								   SQL Commands 							    END(7)

NAME
END - commit the current transaction SYNOPSIS
END [ WORK | TRANSACTION ] DESCRIPTION
END commits the current transaction. All changes made by the transaction become visible to others and are guaranteed to be durable if a crash occurs. This command is a PostgreSQL extension that is equivalent to COMMIT [commit(7)]. PARAMETERS
WORK TRANSACTION Optional key words. They have no effect. NOTES
Use ROLLBACK [rollback(7)] to abort a transaction. Issuing END when not inside a transaction does no harm, but it will provoke a warning message. EXAMPLES
To commit the current transaction and make all changes permanent: END; COMPATIBILITY
END is a PostgreSQL extension that provides functionality equivalent to COMMIT [commit(7)], which is specified in the SQL standard. SEE ALSO
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