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# 8  
Old 01-16-2016
Hi squrcles...

The contents of what?
Another random file?
A sourced set of variables?

Could you give us a much better description along with as much info as possible with real data if possible.

OS.
Shell type and version.
Real data input.
Required data output.
AND now where your contents are to check against!
LBNL where is/are your attempts at solving!

ESP is not my forte hence asking these questions...
# 9  
Old 01-18-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by squrcles
Thanks for all you suggestions,
i'm my haste I did not make it clear what my end required result was.

whilst reading through the list I need to capture the text between each individual ##START## and ##END## pair to run a check against the contents.
While incomplete, my sed example outputs a shell script that could be piped into "sh". Just needs the function filled in which receives the block of text and the "segment" number. I was hoping it might put you on the right track without offering a more "complete" solution.
# 10  
Old 01-18-2016
Still not clear. Perhaps squrcles want
Code:
awk '/##END##/ {p=0} (p==1); /##START##/ {p=1}' file

in order to grep it in a further step.?
# 11  
Old 01-18-2016
Didn't he want the strings concatenated in one line?
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