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# 1  
Old 04-19-2013
Search only the first occurence in shell
Hello
I have a configuration file and I want to extract a part of this configuration.

Example of configuration:

Code:
profile toto {
 bla bla
 blabla
}

conftest {
  toto {
  myarguements
  }

I try to do a sed command:
Code:
sed -n '/'toto' {$/,/^}/p'

But the result is :
Code:
profile toto {
 bla bla
 blabla
}
  toto {
  myarguements
  }

Is it possible to have only the first occurence of the result?
Or find a solution which say to have the result of toto in the first line and } as first character of the line (whithout space or tabulation)?

The result I want is the following:

Code:
profile toto {
 bla bla
 blabla
}

Regards.
# 2  
Old 04-19-2013
Maybe this is what you are looking for?
Code:
$ sed -n "/profile toto/,/}/ p" config
profile toto {
 bla bla
 blabla
}

# 3  
Old 04-19-2013
Hello,
No,
the occurrence toto is a variable called in an other context.
The result of this variable is toto, not profile toto.
I must find a solution only with toto
(it would have been too easy ^_^)
# 4  
Old 04-19-2013
Then it's kind of unclear what you are trying to do. Is toto a variable name or the literal text? Is the following your intent? If not, then a better example would help. Smilie
Code:
$ var=toto
$ sed -n "/profile $var/,/}/ p" config
profile toto {
 bla bla
 blabla
}

# 5  
Old 04-19-2013
I also have find on this solution.

Code:
$ var=toto
$ sed -n "/profile $var/,/}/ p" config
profile toto {
 bla bla
 blabla
}

The problem is between profile et $var I can have a different values:
example: profile http $var, profile https $var, profile tcp $var and other things.

Is it possible to say that searched paramater contains profile and $var to }
Last edited by maverick31; 04-19-2013 at 05:34 AM..
# 6  
Old 04-19-2013
Quote:
profile http $var, profile https $var, profile tcp $var and other things.
All right. Then do this:
Code:
$ var=toto
$ sed -n "/profile.* $var/,/}/ p" config
profile toto {
 bla bla
 blabla
}

# 7  
Old 04-19-2013
Hello,
This solution is functionnal.

I would like to find also a solution a little more generic.

I find this command which also answer on my problem:

sed '1,/toto/d;/}/,$d'

The problem is is return me

Code:
 bla bla
 blabla

The first line and last line has been deleted.
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