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# 8  
Old 10-09-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raynon
Hi Vino,

Thanks for the explanation.
But what does the red dot *.*07$/ signify ?
. stands for any character. A .* would stand for any number of characters.
# 9  
Old 10-09-2007
Hi Vino,

That's some new and gd knowledge for me!!
Thanks alot for sharing ! Smilie
# 10  
Old 10-10-2007
Hi Vino,

If the file happens to be below (as the input) after using the sed earlier, i would want to cut out those with ABC in the first 3 characters of the 2nd field of those lines with "** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07" pattern
as shown below and save as another filename. However the number of lines in between the ** pattern is random , fields of such patterm " bbb k= cccc" are random as well.
Can you help me ?

Input:

aaa k= aaaa
bbb k= cccc
ggg k= pppp
** XXXXX ZZZ VVV 07
mmm k= qqqq
eee k= yyyy
rrr k= vvvv
** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07
mma k= qqqq
eer k= yyyy
rrq k= vvvv
** XXXXX ZZZ VVV 07
mgm k= qqqs
eae k= yyys
ppp k= vvvs
** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07
mma k= qqqq
ear k= yyyy
raq k= vvvdv
** XXXXX ZZx VVx 07
mma k= qqqq
ear k= yyyy


Expected Ouput

** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07
mma k= qqqq
eer k= yyyy
rrq k= vvvv
** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07
mma k= qqqq
ear k= yyyy
raq k= vvvdv
Last edited by Raynon; 10-10-2007 at 09:35 PM..
# 11  
Old 10-11-2007
You should always experiment a little. That is the best learning.
This may help
Code:
sed -n -e "/k=/p" -e '/^\*\* ABC.*07$/p' inputfile > outfile

# 12  
Old 10-11-2007
Hi Vino,

Thanks for lending a hand.
But it seems that all the lines with "k=" are appended in which some are unwanted. Pls help me .
# 13  
Old 10-11-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raynon
But it seems that all the lines with "k=" are appended in which some are unwanted. Pls help me .
Can you show your input, the output and the expected output ? I dont understand when you say 'k= are appended in which some are unwanted'.
# 14  
Old 10-11-2007
Hi Vino,

My output is below

Code:
$ sed -n -e "/k=/p" -e '/^\*\* ABC.*07$/p' input
aaa k= aaaa
bbb k= cccc
ggg k= pppp
mmm k= qqqq
eee k= yyyy
rrr k= vvvv 
** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07
mma k= qqqq
eer k= yyyy
rrq k= vvvv 
mgm k= qqqs
eae k= yyys
ppp k= vvvs 
** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07
mma k= qqqq
ear k= yyyy
raq k= vvvdv 
mma k= qqqq
ear k= yyyy
$

But what i need is

Code:
** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07
mma k= qqqq
eer k= yyyy
rrq k= vvvv 
** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07
mma k= qqqq
ear k= yyyy
raq k= vvvdv

In other words i only want those data in blue. Pls help me.

aaa k= aaaa
bbb k= cccc
ggg k= pppp
** XXXXX ZZZ VVV 07
mmm k= qqqq
eee k= yyyy
rrr k= vvvv
** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07
mma k= qqqq
eer k= yyyy
rrq k= vvvv
** XXXXX ZZZ VVV 07
mgm k= qqqs
eae k= yyys
ppp k= vvvs
** ABCXX ZZZ VVV 07
mma k= qqqq
ear k= yyyy
raq k= vvvdv
** XXXXX ZZx VVx 07
mma k= qqqq
ear k= yyyy
Last edited by Raynon; 10-11-2007 at 06:56 AM..
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