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Old 08-02-2016
Hammer & Screwdriver Extract between two Exact matched strings.
more data.txt

Quote:
Start_of_DISK_info:/u
Disk: /u
CURRENT=81
End_of_DISK_info:/u

Start_of_DISK_info:/u/tmp
Disk: /u/tmp
CURRENT=1
End_of_DISK_info:/u/tmp
....
...
i need this exacted from data.txt

Quote:
Start_of_DISK_info:/u
Disk: /u
CURRENT=81
End_of_DISK_info:/u
This is the command i tried

Code:
sed -n "/Start_of_DISK_info:\/u/,/End_of_DISK_info:\/u/p"  data.txt

But, unfortunately it does not do an exact match. Instead, it prints text between both these strings /u & /u/tmp like below.

Quote:
Start_of_DISK_info:/u
Disk: /u
CURRENT=81
End_of_DISK_info:/u

Start_of_DISK_info:/u/tmp
Disk: /u/tmp
CURRENT=1
End_of_DISK_info:/u/tmp
i need this exacted from data.txt

Quote:
Start_of_DISK_info:/u
Disk: /u
CURRENT=81
End_of_DISK_info:/u
Please suggest how can i get exact match.
Last edited by mohtashims; 08-02-2016 at 11:21 AM..
# 2  
Old 08-02-2016
You did not specify an exact end of the string and so you get the pattern each time it is a match.

Try:
Code:
sed -n "/Start_of_DISK_info:\/u$/,/End_of_DISK_info:\/u$/p"  data.txt

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# 3  
Old 08-02-2016
Code:
awk -v r='Start_of_DISK_info:/u' '$1==r' RS='\n\n' data.txt

Last edited by rdrtx1; 08-02-2016 at 06:22 PM.. Reason: changed quotes
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# 4  
Old 08-02-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by zaxxon
You did not specify an exact end of the string and so you get the pattern each time it is a match.

Try:
Code:
sed -n "/Start_of_DISK_info:\/u$/,/End_of_DISK_info:\/u$/p"  data.txt

i have a variable that stores the path.

Code:
lines=/u/tmp

then i tried this suggestion

Code:
sed -n "/Start_of_DISK_info:\$lines$/,/End_of_DISK_info:\$lines$/p"  data.txt

i get this error

Code:
Unrecognized command: /Start_of_DISK_info:\/u/tmp$/,/End_of_DISK_info:\/u/tmp$/p

Can you tell me a way to fix this on solaris ?

---------- Post updated at 03:41 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:20 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by rdrtx1
Code:
awk '$1==r' r="Start_of_DISK_info:/u" RS="\n\n" data.txt

Does not work. Does not print anything.
Last edited by mohtashims; 08-02-2016 at 05:28 PM..
# 5  
Old 08-03-2016
The default search delimiters / / clash with your search string. Take other ones, like \# # (the backslash escapes a sed command)
Code:
sed -n "\#Start_of_DISK_info:${lines}$#,\#End_of_DISK_info:${lines}$#p"  data.txt

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# 6  
Old 08-03-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
The default search delimiters / / clash with your search string. Take other ones, like \# # (the backslash escapes a sed command)
Code:
sed -n "\#Start_of_DISK_info:${lines}$#,\#End_of_DISK_info:${lines}$#p"  data.txt

I am getting GRABLED error with the latest suggestion.

Code:
sed: command garbled: \#Start_of_DISK_info:/u/tmp0,\#End_of_DISK_info:/u/tmp0p

Can you suggest a what wrong with this command ?

i changed it to the below to make it work. However, i m not confident about this.

Code:
sed -n "\|Start_of_DISK_info:$lines$|,\|End_of_DISK_info:$lines$|p" data.txt

Last edited by mohtashims; 08-03-2016 at 03:11 AM..
# 7  
Old 08-03-2016
Yes that works. I forgot that the shell sees the $# as a special variable and substitutes it.
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