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Old 08-08-2011
print lines between 2 matching patterns
Hi Guys,

I have file like below, I want to print all lines between test1231233 to its 10 occurrence(till line 41)
Code:
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq123 
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq23 
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq123 
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq123131
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq123sd
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq123a 
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq123 
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq123131
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq12313 
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq21 
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq12 
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq2 
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq1 
test1231233
  qwe
  qwe
  qweq

Tried sed '/test1231233/,/test1231233/' FILENAME but this prints almost everything excluding last three lines.

Appreciate your help......
Last edited by Scott; 08-08-2011 at 10:18 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 08-08-2011
Code:
awk '/test1231233/ && x!=11 {print; x++; next} x<11' infile

# 3  
Old 08-08-2011
Alternate awk..
Code:
awk '/test1231233/{i++}(i==11){print $0;exit}i' inputfile

# 4  
Old 08-08-2011
print lines between 2 matching patterns
thanks a lot guys .... both the reply worked for me ...now tring to understand it.
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