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# 1  
Old 10-20-2015
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hey,
i m having a hard time trying to print only the first occurrence between 2 idenicale strings.

for the following output:
Code:
please
help
me im a 
noob
please
im a noob
help me
noob
please
help
me im a 
noob
please
im a noob
help me
noob

i m trying to get only the first occurrence between "noob" and "noob" like so:

Code:
noob
please
im a noob

thats what i got so far:

Code:
sed -e '1,/noob/d' -e '/noob/,$d' file.txt

but it returns only:
Code:
please
im a

but i want it to also print the "noob" string.

any help will be great
Thanks!!!
# 2  
Old 10-20-2015
Hello boaz733,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps you.
Code:
awk '/noob/{A++;if(A==1 || A==2){print};next};{if(A==1){print}}'  Input_file

Output will be as follows.
Code:
noob
please
im a noob

Thanks,
R. Singh
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# 3  
Old 10-20-2015
it's perfect - thanks!
# 4  
Old 10-20-2015
Try
Code:
sed -n '/noob/{:L;N; /noob.*noob/bK; bL; :K;p;q}' file
noob
please
im a noob

---------- Post updated at 15:04 ---------- Previous update was at 14:58 ----------

awk:
Code:
awk '/noob/ {print; if (L) exit; L=1; next} L'  file2
noob
please
im a noob

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