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# 1  
Old 09-18-2011
how to form Records[multiple line] between two known patterns
file contents looks like this :
Code:
#START
line1 of record1
line2 of record1
#END
#START
line1 of record2
line2 of record2
line3 of record2
#END
#START
line1 of record3
#END

my question how should i make it a records between #START and #END .
willl i be able to get the contents of the records with indexing ??
Last edited by Scott; 09-18-2011 at 10:24 AM.. Reason: Added code tags
# 2  
Old 09-18-2011
Try this:

Code:
sed -n '/#START/,/#END/p' file | grep -v '#START' |grep -v '#END'

If not, provide expecting output file.
# 3  
Old 09-18-2011
your code gives me the output without any blank line between each records.
my expected output is blank lines between each record
like :
line1 of record1
line2 of record1

line1 of record2
line2 of record2
line3 of record2

line1 of record3
thanks .
# 4  
Old 09-18-2011
Try this:-

Code:
sed -n '/#START/,/#END/p' file | grep -v '#START' | sed 's/#END//g'

# 5  
Old 09-18-2011
Code:
awk 'NR==1 || /#END/{f--;next}/#START/{print x;f++;next}f' file

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# 6  
Old 09-18-2011
Code:
awk '/#END/{$0=x}!/#START/' file

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