Shell Programming and Scripting

root@ckpgpay11core> head -50 AIALARM_MSNLA_20080626.txt | cat -vet
Mroot@ckpgpay11core>

root@ckpgpay11core> ./sarascript.sh
+ echo Enter input filename:
Enter input filename:
+ read inputfile
mstgb_aialarm_20081021.wri
+ echo Enter path of outputfile with name:
Enter path of outputfile with name:
+ read outputfile
/tmp/testing
+ echo Enter tag to look for:
Enter tag to look for:
+ read GAA
20081013003507
+ awk
        # new record, reset array index
        /^----/ { i=0 }
        # accumulate record contents in array
        { a[++i]=$0 }
        # matching record
        /\$GAA/ {
                # dump array contents
                for (j=1; j<=i; j++)
                        print a[j]
                # get the rest of this record
                while (getline && $0 !~ /^----/)
                        print
                # print the record terminator and reset the array
                print
                i=0
        }
 mstgb_aialarm_20081021.wri

root@ckpgpay11core> ls -la | grep testing
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other          0 Oct 30 10:47 testing

undef $/;
open FH,"<file";
$str=<FH>;
@arr=split(/-+/,$str);
for $key(@arr){
if($key=~/pat/){
print $key;
}
}
close FH;

        /'"$GAA"'/ {

awk -v SEARCHSTRING="$GAA" '
        ...
        $0 ~ SEARCHSTRING {
        ...
' inputfile > outputfile