I am not able to understand this command very clearly, but this is wat I want, please tell me if that sed command will give me the below output:
suppose I have a file like the one below:
start of file-----
***********
1
2
3
4
5
========
***********
6
7
8
9
========
end of file-----
Now for eg I need to search for 8, then search for the first occurance of the pattern ***** thats jus few lines(no. of lines not fixed) above 8...then from there I need to print till end of file....
so my output needs to be something like this:
***********
6
7
8
9
============
end of file-----
I want to search a file for a string and then if the string is found I need the line that the string is on - but also the previous two lines from the file (that the pattern will not be found in)
This is on solaris
Can you help? (2 Replies)
hi,
I have a file say x.txt containing
xxx
123
bla
bla
...
you
xxx
dfk
dbf
...
me
xxx
...
...
keeps on..
i need to search for pattern in the line starting xxx in the file. If pattern matched, I need to fetch all the lines till i find next xxx. (17 Replies)
Hello,
Can anybody help me to correct my sed syntax to find the string and print previous two lines and current line and next one line.
i am using string as "testing"
netstat -v | sed -n -e '/test/{x;2!p;g;$!N;p;D;}' -e h
i am able to get the previous line current line next line but... (1 Reply)
Gurus,
I have a big file that needs to be sorted out and I cant figure out what to do. The file name is as below:
Name: xxxx yyyy nnnn
Description: dfffgs sdgsgsf hsfhhs
afgghhjdgj
fjklllll gsfhfh
Updated: jafgadsgg gsg
Corrected: date today
The file consists of line like these.
... (13 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to locate the occurences of certain pattern like 'Possible network disconnect' in a text file. I can get the actual lines matching the pttern using:
grep -w 'Possible network disconnect' file_name.
But I am more interested in getting the timing of these events which are... (7 Replies)
Hi all,
on Solaris 10, I'd like to print a range of lines starting at pattern but also including the very first line before pattern.
the following doesn't print the range starting at pattern and going down to the end of file: cat <my file> | sed -n -e '/<pattern>{x;p;}/'
I need to include the... (1 Reply)
Hi all,
I have a text data file. My aim here is to find line called *FIELD* AV for every record and print lines after that till *FIELD* RF. But here I want first 3 to four lines for very record as well. FIELD AV is some where in between for very record. SO I am not sure how to retrieve lines in... (2 Replies)
Hi Experts
I have small query where I request the into a single file
Suppose:
File1: {Unique entries}
AA
BB
CC
DD
FileB:
AA, 123
AA, 234
AA, 2345
CC, 123
CC, 5678
DD,123
BB, 7890 (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: navkanwal
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LEARN ABOUT PLAN9
tail
TAIL(1) General Commands Manual TAIL(1)NAME
tail - deliver the last part of a file
SYNOPSIS
tail [ +-number[lbc][rf] ] [ file ]
tail [ -fr ] [ -n nlines ] [ -c ncharacters ] [ file ]
DESCRIPTION
Tail copies the named file to the standard output beginning at a designated place. If no file is named, the standard input is copied.
Copying begins at position +number measured from the beginning, or -number from the end of the input. Number is counted in lines, 1K
blocks or characters, according to the appended flag or Default is -10l (ten ell).
The further flag causes tail to print lines from the end of the file in reverse order; (follow) causes tail, after printing to the end, to
keep watch and print further data as it appears.
The second syntax is that promulgated by POSIX, where the numbers rather than the options are signed.
EXAMPLES
tail file
Print the last 10 lines of a file.
tail +0f file
Print a file, and continue to watch data accumulate as it grows.
sed 10q file
Print the first 10 lines of a file.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/tail.c
BUGS
Tails relative to the end of the file are treasured up in a buffer, and thus are limited in length.
According to custom, option +number counts lines from 1, and counts blocks and characters from 0.
TAIL(1)