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# 1  
Old 11-14-2008
extracting table with awk
Hi,
I am new to awk and want to create a script that finds a string of text then prints the following table to a seperate file.
I thought of using the / / identifier, but how do I retrieve the next 15 lines?
gavin
# 2  
Old 11-14-2008
Give an example of your input and desired output, ty.
# 3  
Old 11-14-2008
the input is a log file 1000's lines long containing molecular info, energies, co ordinates etc.
The output is below and its position in the file changes.

RMSD TABLE
__________

_____________________________________________________________________
| | | | | |
Rank | Sub- | Run | Binding | Cluster | Reference | Grep
| Rank | | Energy | RMSD | RMSD | Pattern
_____|______|______|___________|_________|_________________|___________
1 1 4 -5.63 0.00 24.16 RANKING
1 2 1 -5.36 4.61 28.20 RANKING
1 3 3 -5.35 4.62 28.31 RANKING
1 4 8 -5.17 4.61 28.29 RANKING
1 5 10 -5.07 4.78 29.33 RANKING
1 6 7 -5.03 4.91 29.65 RANKING
1 7 9 -4.84 2.53 23.76 RANKING
1 8 5 -4.78 4.36 28.71 RANKING
1 9 6 -4.63 2.73 26.53 RANKING
1 10 2 -4.28 2.20 25.89 RANKING
_______________________________________________________________________



Gavin
# 4  
Old 11-14-2008
What should be the desired output?

Regards
# 5  
Old 11-14-2008
this table needs extracting

RMSD TABLE
__________

_____________________________________________________________________
| | | | | |
Rank | Sub- | Run | Binding | Cluster | Reference | Grep
| Rank | | Energy | RMSD | RMSD | Pattern
_____|______|______|___________|_________|_________________|___________
1 1 4 -5.63 0.00 24.16 RANKING
1 2 1 -5.36 4.61 28.20 RANKING
1 3 3 -5.35 4.62 28.31 RANKING
1 4 8 -5.17 4.61 28.29 RANKING
1 5 10 -5.07 4.78 29.33 RANKING
1 6 7 -5.03 4.91 29.65 RANKING
1 7 9 -4.84 2.53 23.76 RANKING
1 8 5 -4.78 4.36 28.71 RANKING
1 9 6 -4.63 2.73 26.53 RANKING
1 10 2 -4.28 2.20 25.89 RANKING
_______________________________________________________________________

thanks
# 6  
Old 11-14-2008
Example:
Code:
awk '/yourpatterngoeshere/ {a=NR; print; while (NR <= a+15){getline; print}}' infile

# 7  
Old 11-14-2008
truly amazing
thanks
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