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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Want to extract certain lines from big file Post 302965138 by RudiC on Sunday 24th of January 2016 06:00:13 AM
Old 01-24-2016
I don't think I can do better than what I have already offered. With an input file of three similar records with different transnums, it extracts the desired one:
Code:
transnum=ABC160120XYZ0983920
sed -n "/~${transnum}~/{H;g;}; /~${transnum}~/,/EOT/p; h" file
##PAYMNT,ABCDEFGH,        ,        ,TEST01                  ,0000004308,0000004216,1104      ,000000, ,00110,USD,   ,T,TESTST008                    ,2016-01-18T09:30:47                ,pain.001.001.03                    ,00000000000000001200,00000000000000018.00
%%YEDTRN~0000004646~ABC160120XYZ0983920~20160120_085131~20160120_085021~20160120_085021_41222370                              ~20160120_084728_15401168                     ~20160120_084728~0000004644~          ~TEST01                       ~pain.001.001.03                    ~U ~0.02               ~C~FWT       ~          ~SFTS                           ~99999999801                        ~WireCmpIDa                         ~021000018                          ~99999998799002                     ~20020101~Payee Name 1104                    ~TstTrceNbr1104                     ~PR ~USD~   ~   ~Y~US~PmtGrpWire0b                       ~OOXXMXM                            ~TestWirePay002                     ~Y~01~HARDCOPY  ~pain.001.001.03                    ~TESTST008                    ~2016-01-18T09:30:47                ~00000000000000000000000000000000001200~0000000000000018.00~N~                                                                                                    ~00~               ~ ~                                   ~                                   ~   ~               ~                                   ~ ~          ~                                                                                                    ~00~               ~                                                                                                    ~00~ ~               ~               ~                                   ~                                   ~   ~               ~ 
0000ISA00          00          ZZABCDETEST01   ZZABCDEFGHI      1601200849U005010000043080T 
0000GSRA   201601200849    000004216X 005010      
0000ST<>820<>1104<>PmtGrpWire0b<>
0010BPR<>U<>0000000000000000.02C<>FWT<><>01<>043000261<>DA<>99999999801<>WireCmpIDa<><>01<>021000018<>DA<>99999998799002<>20020101<><><><><>
0010TRN<>1<>TstTrceNbr1104<><>OOXXMXM<>
0010CUR<>PR<>USD<>00000000000<><><><>00000000        <>00000000        <>00000000        <>00000000        <>00000000        
0010REF<>TN<>TestPay002<><><><><><><><>
0020N1<>O2<>Test Initiating Party<><><><><>
0020N1<>O1<>Test Debtor Bank<>13<>043000261<><><>
0020N4<><><><>US<><><><>
0020N1<>PR<>Debtor Pyr Nm 0a<><><><><>
0020N3<>Payer Address 00a Line1<><>
0020N3<>Payer Address 00a Line2<><>
0020N4<>Payer City<>PA<>12345<>US<><><><>
0020N1<>BK<>Test Payee Bank 002<><><><><>
0020N1<>PE<>Payee Name 1104<><><><><>
0020N3<>Payee Address 002 Line1<><>
0020N3<>Payee Address 002 Line2<><>
0020N4<>Payee Town 002<>PA<>12345<>US<><><><>
0000SE<>00000000001104<>
0000GE<>000001000004216
0000IEA<>00001000004216
0000EOT<><>000000000000019000000000000000000000000000019<><><>

What else can I do?
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