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On Solaris use /usr/xpg4/bin/awk or nawk... Otherwise try this:

awk '$2=="Policy"{p=$3}$0~s{print p}' s=CS95869005 infile

or for example:

awk '$2=="Policy"{p=$3}$0~s{print p}' s="No BC...

# cat data
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CS02010002 Policy "9999998599"
CS13000008 Tax processing was done for 17/03/2012.
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Hi.

I'm still not confident that I understand your question, so perhaps these meta-answers may help.

There was a suggested solution from balajesuri in perl that you may have missed. I don't...

Hi.

Providing representative samples of your data and expected output invites fast and accurate responses. Otherwise the answers either will use no data, or will use individual and / or eccentric...

i m not clear about your inputfile but maybe try this
# awk 'NR>9005-10&&NR<=9005&&$0~/policy/{x=$0}END{print x}' infile

Perl, ok? You may have to install "File::ReadBackwards" module.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use File::ReadBackwards;

$x = File::ReadBackwards -> new('inputfile.txt');

while ( defined($line =...

Hi SaltyDog,

I don't understand your explanation, but to search for a word backwards, use:

$ tac infile | sed -n '/word/ { p ; q }'