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# 1  
Old 02-02-2012
Split the file based on the content

Arun kumar something somehting Enterting in to the line
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Some text text Finshing the sentence
Some other text
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Again something somehting Enterting in to the line
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Again text text Finshing the sentence

I want only the content which start from the patten "Enterting in to the line" and end with "Finshing the sentence" .

Note : The files contain multiple enter and finish sentence. I want all the contents. All the sentence should be in same file.
I tried this .. . awk '/Enterting in to the line/,/Finshing the sentence Exit/ { print } ' filename. But it not working correctly .
Please help
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Last edited by vbe; 02-02-2012 at 07:36 AM..
# 2  
Old 02-02-2012
Enterting.. Finshing are these typos?

Anyway:
Code:
awk '/start pattern/{f=1}/end pattern/{f=0;print}f' file

# 3  
Old 02-02-2012
Franklin thanks for your reply. "Enterting in to the line" and "Finshing the sentence" are the two patterns. After extracting the code I have to check the words like ERROR or Warning or Error in the paragraphs and print only those paras or sentences.

please help
# 4  
Old 02-02-2012
Post an example of the input file and the desired output.
Please use code tags.
# 5  
Old 02-03-2012
Input file:

Arun kumar something somehting Enterting in to the line
.
.
.
.
Some text text Finshing the sentence
Some other text
.
.
.
.
Again something somehting Enterting in to the line
.
.
.
.
.
.
Again text text Finshing the sentence

I want only the content which start from the patten "Enterting in to the line" and end with "Finshing the sentence" .

Output :
Arun kumar something somehting Enterting in to the line
.
.
.
.
Some text text Finshing the sentence
Again something somehting Enterting in to the line
.
.
.
.
.
.
Again text text Finshing the sentence
# 6  
Old 02-03-2012
Code:
 awk '/Enterting in to the line/,/Finshing the sentence/'  file

Guru.
# 7  
Old 02-03-2012
Thanks Guru. Now I want the content ( btn enter and finish ) which contain a string called error. Pls help
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