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Old 09-21-2011
Question Extracting content from a file

I have to source a file "varname" the content of varname file is like this:

Code:
#ani
 ani1 = abc_ani
 ani2 = def_ani

#sham
 sham1 = abc_sham
 sham2 = abc_sham

Now i need to extract any line containing "ani: in it. And then store the extracted info in a file.

Last edited by animesharma; 09-21-2011 at 09:15 AM.. Reason: Query Changed/Updated
# 2  
Old 09-21-2011
What wrong with just:
Code:
 grep ani filename > newfile.tostore

?
# 3  
Old 09-21-2011
Your requirement is not very clear.

You should have specified the expected output.

In any case, if you want to extract the information assigned to "ani*":
Code:
sed -n 's/ani.*=//p' Inp_File

The result is:
Code:
  abc_ani
  def_ani

# 4  
Old 09-22-2011
Hey Guys.. thanks for your reply. It was silly of me to ask such a basic thing Smilie.
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