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Old 05-10-2018
Grep/awk using a begin search pattern and end search pattern
I have this fileA

Code:
TEST FILE ABC
this file contains ABC;

TEST FILE DGHT this file contains DGHT;

TEST FILE 123
this file contains ABC,
this file contains DEF,
this file contains XYZ,
this file contains KLM
;

I want to have a fileZ that has only (begin search pattern for will be "TEST FILE 123" and end search pattern will be ";")

Code:
TEST FILE 123
this file contains ABC,
this file contains DEF,
this file contains XYZ,
this file contains KLM
;

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Mod Comment Please use CODE tags as required by forum rules!
Last edited by RudiC; 05-10-2018 at 05:24 AM.. Reason: Added CODE tags.
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Old 05-10-2018
Hello vbabz,

Welcome to UNIX and LINUX forums. Kindly use code tags for your samples shown in your post. In case your actual Input_file is same as shown sample then following may help you on same.
Code:
sed -n '/TEST FILE 123/,/;/p'  Input_file

Thanks,
R. Singh
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Old 05-10-2018
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