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Old 05-13-2011
How to search between lines?
I have a file that contains data such below

Code:
Start
   line1
   line2
   line3
   line4
End

How can I search for the contents that fall between "Start" and "End"?
# 2  
Old 05-13-2011
Code:
awk '/Start/,/End/ {if ($0 != "Start" && $0 != "End") print}'

# 3  
Old 05-13-2011
Excluding Start and End lines:
Code:
awk '/Start/{getline ;x=1}/End/{x=0}x' tst

# 4  
Old 05-13-2011
Thanks, the commands seem to help, but how do I grep (for instance) line2 between start and end?
# 5  
Old 05-13-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by bbbngowc
Thanks, the commands seem to help, but how do I grep (for instance) line2 between start and end?
Code:
awk '/Start/,/End/ {if ($0 ~ "line2") print}' file

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Old 05-13-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by bbbngowc
Thanks, the commands seem to help, but how do I grep (for instance) line2 between start and end?
Code:
awk '/End/{c=x=0}/Start/{x=1;next}x{c++}c==2' tst

Code:
awk '/Start/{x=1;next}/End/{x=0}x++==2' tst

Code:
awk '/Start/{x=NR}NR==x+2' tst

Last edited by ctsgnb; 05-13-2011 at 06:01 PM..
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Old 05-13-2011
This is like a fancy grep.
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