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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Reducing input file size after pattern search Post 302996290 by Don Cragun on Sunday 23rd of April 2017 06:05:31 PM
Old 04-23-2017
With the code RudiC suggested, RS is already set to the default <newline> character.

Are there any @ characters in your input file other than the 1st character of each (multi-line) record?

Could the strings that you are searching for appear on any line other than the 2nd line in a record?
 

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