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# 29  
Old 04-10-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by digitalrg
Thanks Franklin this didnt work.. no difference.. in the output
It works fine on my system, but maybe not with an earlier version of awk, try this:

Code:
awk '/total/{c=11}c>0{c--;print;if(c==0){print "======"}}' file

Regards
# 30  
Old 04-13-2009
Great that works
Thanks alot Franklin
Have a nice time
# 31  
Old 04-13-2009
brute force in ksh works juuuuust fine:

Code:
pattern=droberts

cat /etc/passwd |
while read line ; do

  lines[9]=${lines[8]}
  lines[8]=${lines[7]}
  lines[7]=${lines[6]}

  lines[6]=${lines[5]}
  lines[5]=${lines[4]}
  lines[4]=${lines[3]}

  lines[3]=${lines[2]}
  lines[2]=${lines[1]}
  lines[1]=${lines[0]}
  lines[0]=$line

  if [[ $line = *${pattern}* ]]; then

    for x in 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ; do

      print "${lines[x]}"

    done

  fi

done

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