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# 15  
Old 04-13-2005
i just tried using that and i get this error
Code:
sed: -e expression #1, char 58: Unknown command: `4'

strange indeed ...
# 16  
Old 04-13-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by strike
i just tried using that and i get this error
Code:
sed: -e expression #1, char 58: Unknown command: `4'

strange indeed ...
quote exactly what you have tried as I've modified my last post - it works fine under Solaris' stock 'sed'.
# 17  
Old 04-13-2005
ok i fixed the error,
this is exactly what i tried...
Code:
#!/bin/sh
FILE="somefile"
SOMESTRING="some string"

sed "/${SOMESTRING}/,\${/hello there/p;}" ${FILE} | while read text_line; do
   echo $text_line;
done

the contents of "somefile" which i made is:
Code:
line 1
line 2
line 3
some string
blah
hello there
blah
hello there

this is what it prints out
Code:
line 1
line 2
line 3
some string
blah
hello there
hello there
blah
hello there
hello there

which is not right ... Smilie
# 18  
Old 04-13-2005
sorry again - I thought I'd posted what I'd tried here locally, but.. here it's:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
FILE="somefile"
SOMESTRING="some string"

sed -n "/${SOMESTRING}/,\${/hello there/p;}" ${FILE} | while read text_line; do
   echo $text_line;
done

# 19  
Old 04-13-2005
wow, works like a charm now, thanks for that Smilie
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