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# 1  
Old 10-05-2010
Search for Pattern and Print including Lines in between
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:

Code:
Name: xxxx yyyy nnnn
Description: dfffgs  sdgsgsf hsfhhs
afgghhjdgj
fjklllll   gsfhfh
Updated: jafgadsgg gsg
Corrected: date today

The file consists of line like these.

I want to only print out the line with the "Name" and "Updated" including all the lines between them.

Appreciate your help.
# 2  
Old 10-05-2010
Code:
awk '$1=="Update:"{f=0}$1=="Name:"{f=1}f' file

# 3  
Old 10-05-2010
Code:
awk "/Name/,/Updated/" file

or:
Code:
sed -n '/Name/,/Updated/p' file

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# 4  
Old 10-05-2010
It works wonders! Thanks so much Smilie
# 5  
Old 10-05-2010
Code:
sed -nf scr input.txt

scr contains:
Code:
/Name:/,/Updated:/{
w abc.txt
}

input.txt contains:
Code:
Name: xxxx yyyy nnnn
Description: dfffgs  sdgsgsf hsfhhs
afgghhjdgj
fjklllll   gsfhfh
Updated: jafgadsgg gsg
Corrected: date today

output ie abc.txt contains:
Code:
Name: xxxx yyyy nnnn
Description: dfffgs  sdgsgsf hsfhhs
afgghhjdgj
fjklllll   gsfhfh
Updated: jafgadsgg gsg

Here w writes into a file.
Last edited by dragon.1431; 10-05-2010 at 08:43 AM.. Reason: added output content
# 6  
Old 10-05-2010
Code:
$ ruby -ne 'print if /Name/../Updated/' file

# 7  
Old 10-05-2010
what if i dont want the "Updated" included? like it will only print lines from "Name" until before "Updared"?
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