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# 1  
Old 06-23-2009
Grep multiple lines from a file
Hi,

I would like to ask if there is any method to grep a chuck of lines based on the latest file in a directory.

E.g

Latest file in the directory:
Line 1: 532243
Line 2: 123456
Line 3: 334566
Line 4: 44567545

I wanted to grep all the line after line 2 i.e. Line 3 and line 4 and then writing them in a file.

Cheers
# 2  
Old 06-23-2009
is your pattern is fixed??
I mean pattern is always 123456??
or you want to print only line 3 and 4 from all files??
# 3  
Old 06-23-2009
@dwgi32: from grep, you mean to say the output of lines itself?

you want the output of the latest file from third line onwards in a new file?
# 4  
Old 06-23-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by vidyadhar85
is your pattern is fixed??
I mean pattern is always 123456??
or you want to print only line 3 and 4 from all files??
Yes, the pattern is fixed

---------- Post updated at 07:04 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:02 PM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by anchal_khare
@dwgi32: from grep, you mean to say the output of lines itself?

you want the output of the latest file from third line onwards in a new file?
Yes. > a.txt
# 5  
Old 06-23-2009
Code:
awk '/Line 2/{f=1;next};f' file

# 6  
Old 06-23-2009
Code:
tail +3 <latest-file> | grep 123456 > new_file.txt

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