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# 8  
Old 02-06-2008
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# 9  
Old 02-06-2008
Hi jayana , try this one:
Code:
> ID=4571                                                                              
>  awk '/end/{f=0;next}/id:'"${ID}"'/{f=1}f' file

...ummm , actually this is the good one:

Code:
> ID=4571
> awk '/Start/{i=0}/id:'"${ID}"'/{f=1}{a[i]=$0;i++}/end/&&f{exit}END{for (j=1;j<i-1;++j)print a[j]}' file

Last edited by Klashxx; 02-06-2008 at 09:36 AM.. Reason: Misunderstood the question
# 10  
Old 02-06-2008
dear jayana,

please try the following one ,

awk -F":" '
/^Start:/ {
fn=0
}
/^id:/ {
close(fn)
fn = $2 ".txt"
$0 = prev RS $0
}
fn {
print > fn
}
{
prev = $0
}' FileName
# 11  
Old 02-06-2008
try this
idval=$1
filename=$2
x=`grep -n "$idval" $filename | cut -d ":" -f1`
echo $x
start=`echo ${x}-2 | bc`
end=`echo ${x}+1 | bc`
echo $st
echo $to
sed -ne "${start},${end}p" $filename
# 12  
Old 02-06-2008
Hi friends, thanks for all your responses, but I have a concern here that the end need not always be after 1 line of the ID. we may have more information after the ID, but END just marks the end of the block of information.
Once I get the line number for ID (say line 35) using the grep -n, is there a way to search for the first instance of END(line 40) after it? I can get start as 2 lines behind ID (line 33) .
Once I have line 33 & 40, can I cut the lines in between and get the 8 lines into a new file?
Awk seems a little complex to understand, hence trying to explore more on grep solutions. The copy paste of awk command at shell prompt:awk '/Start/{i=0}/id:'"${ID}"'/{f=1}{a[i]=$0;i++}/end/&&f{exit}END{for (j=1;j<i-1;++j)print a[j]}' file
gave me syntax error at line 1, i could not debug the same.

Thanks for all your support
Last edited by jayana; 02-06-2008 at 07:12 PM..
# 13  
Old 02-06-2008
Try this:
Code:
> ID=4571
>  awk '/Start/{i=0}/^id:'"${ID}"'$/{f=1}{a[i]=$0;i++}/end/&&f{exit}END{if (f)for (j=1;j<i-1;++j)print a[j]}' file

Last edited by Klashxx; 02-06-2008 at 07:45 PM.. Reason: Correct a minor bug
# 14  
Old 02-06-2008
Hi.

If you are going to do this a lot, it may make sense to put some work into it. This kind of task is well-suited to cgrep, context-grep, a utility available from Bell-Labs. Here is an example using some of your data:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/env sh

# @(#) s1       Demonstrate cgrep.

#  ____
# /
# |   Infrastructure BEGIN

echo
set -o nounset

debug=":"
debug="echo"

## The shebang using "env" line is designed for portability. For
#  higher security, use:
#
#  #!/bin/sh -

## Use local command version for the commands in this demonstration.

set +o nounset
echo "(Versions displayed with local utility \"version\")"
version >/dev/null 2>&1 && version =o $(_eat $0 $1) cgrep
set -o nounset

echo

FILE=${1-data1}
echo " Input file $FILE:"
cat $FILE

# |   Infrastructure END
# \
#  ---

echo
echo " Results from processing:"
cgrep -I2 -w "Start:" +I2 +w "end" "id:4571" $FILE

echo
echo " Results from processing:"
cgrep -I2 -w "Start:" +I2 +w "end" "id:4600" $FILE

echo
echo " Results from processing:"
cgrep -I2 -w "Start:" +I2 +w "end" "id:4700" $FILE

exit 0

Producing:
Code:
% ./s1

(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
Linux 2.6.11-x1
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
cgrep (local) - no version provided.

 Input file data1:
Start:
name:1111
date:222
id:3333
address:12444
end
Start:
name:5555
date:3312
id:6666
address:qwds
end
Start:
name:7777
date:9090
id:4571
address:abc444
end
Start:
id:4600
end
Start:
stuff1
stuff2
stuff3
id:4700
stuff4
stuff5
stuff6
stuff7
stuff8
end

 Results from processing:
========================================
name:7777
date:9090
id:4571
address:abc444

 Results from processing:
========================================
id:4600

 Results from processing:
========================================
stuff1
stuff2
stuff3
id:4700
stuff4
stuff5
stuff6
stuff7
stuff8

The "+-w" indicate the windowing patterns, the "+-I2" cause omission of the window bracket lines.

You need to get and compile the program. It comes with a man page. The web page is cgrep home page .

It is a very useful (but non-standard) member of the grep family ... cheers, drl
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