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Old 01-09-2011
Error start to print when a specified word is matched
Hello everybody,

How can I start to print an output when a word hits the pattern space.
for example:

Code:
file.txt :
first line
second line
third line
fourth line
...

Code:
cat file.txt > function "second"

should print
Code:
second line
third line
fourth line
...

thanks for the replies now Smilie

Regards
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Old 01-09-2011
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{ok=0} 
       /second/ {ok=1} 
      (ok) {print $0} '   filename

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Old 01-09-2011
Code:
sed -n '/second/,$p' infile

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Old 01-09-2011
Thanks dudes
I really gotta learn regular expressions Smilie

any website recommandations ?
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