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# 1  
Old 07-16-2013
Printing next two lines from a file after grepping a specific pattern
Hi

I have a file like
Code:
# vi require.txt
1,BANK,Read blocks that cycle.
yellow
Read blocks.
2,ACCOUNT,Finished
Red
Finished .
3,LOAN, pipe
white
pipe
4,PROFIT,Resolve.
black
Resolve

Am using like
Code:
cat require.txt | grep -w ACCOUNT

The output I get is
Code:
2,ACCOUNT,Finished

But i need the output as

Code:
2,ACCOUNT,Finished
Red
Finished .

I need to grep the next two lines from that file once the grep patterns is matched..

Please help Smilie
# 2  
Old 07-16-2013
My fav for this is..

Code:
 
awk 'c-->0;$0~s{if(b)for(c=b+1;c>1;c--)print r[(NR-c+1)%b];print;c=a}b{r[NR%b]=$0}' b=0 a=2 s="ACCOUNT" require.txt

b is number of lines above pattern and a is number of line below the pattern s is the search pattern

If you have GNU grep

Code:
grep -A 2 ACCOUNT require.txt

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Priya Amaresh
# 3  
Old 07-16-2013
Code:
 sed -n "/ACCOUNT/{N;N;p;}" file

# 4  
Old 07-16-2013
Code:
 
awk 'c-->0;$0~s{if(b)for(c=b+1;c>1;c--)print r[(NR-c+1)%b];print;c=a}b{r[NR%b]=$0}' b=0 a=2 s="ACCOUNT" require.txt

b is number of lines above pattern and a is number of line below the pattern s is the search pattern

Thanks this code works very fine Smilie
# 5  
Old 07-16-2013
Code:
awk '/ACCOUNT/{a=FNR}; (a>0 && FNR<=a+2){print}' file

# 6  
Old 07-16-2013
Try
Code:
 awk '/ACCOUNT/ {L=3} L-->0' file
2,ACCOUNT,Finished
Red
Finished .

# 7  
Old 07-18-2013
Code:
# vi require.txt 
1,BANK,Read blocks that cycle.
 yellow 
Read blocks.
 2,ACCOUNT,Finished 
Red 
Finished . 
3,LOAN, pipe 
white 
pipe 
4,PROFIT,Resolve. 
black 
Resolve
5,PROFITIABLE,Loss
orange
Loss
6,ACCOUNTANT,clerk
yellow
work

If i use the code
awk 'c-->0;$0~s{if(b)for(c=b+1;c>1;c--)print r[(NR-c+1)%b];print;c=a}b{r[NR%b]=$0}' b=0 a=2 s="ACCOUNT" require.txt

The output is
2,ACCOUNT,Finished
Red
Finished .
6,ACCOUNTANT,clerk
yellow
work


This grep all pattern relative to ACCOUNT like ACCOUNT and ACCOUNTANT are grepped..

Please suggest me a way to grep the exact pattern ACCOUNT alone from this file
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