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# 1  
Old 09-18-2008
script to grab lines between two values
hi guys

say I have a file that contains

Code:
hello
world
this 
is
AAAAA
message
to
try
BBBBBB
and 
see
if
anyone
AAAAA
knows
the
answer
BBBBBB
thanks

Now I would like a script so that it will grab AAAAA and BBBBBB and everything in between and write to a new file

i.e.

I would like in my file


Code:
AAAAA
message
to
try
BBBBBB

AAAAA
knows
the
answer
BBBBBB

thanks
# 2  
Old 09-18-2008
is this what you wanted.. just check..
Quote:
awk '/AAAAA/,/BBBBBB/' infile > outfile
# 3  
Old 09-18-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by vidyadhar85
is this what you wanted.. just check..
that is exactly what I wanted vidya, many thanks
# 4  
Old 09-19-2008
Code:
awk '{
 if($0=="AAAAA")
       a=1
 if(a==1)
       print
 if($0=="BBBBBB")
 {
       print ""
      a=0
 }
}' filename

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