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Old 09-25-2009
awk - display from line number to regex
Hi. Is there a way in awk to show all lines between a line number and the next line containing a particular regex? We can do these, of course:

Code:
awk '/regex1/,/regex2/' filename
awk 'FNR > X && FNR < Y' filename

But can they be combined? Thanks.
# 2  
Old 09-25-2009
Not really clear, can you give an example of your input file and the desired output?
# 3  
Old 09-26-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by treesloth
Hi. Is there a way in awk to show all lines between a line number and the next line containing a particular regex? We can do these, of course:

Code:
awk '/regex1/,/regex2/' filename
awk 'FNR > X && FNR < Y' filename

But can they be combined? Thanks.
Yes:

Code:
zsh-4.3.10[t]% print -l {a-d} 
a
b
c
d
zsh-4.3.10[t]% print -l {a-d}|awk 'NR == 2,/c/'
b
c

# 4  
Old 09-28-2009
Ah, that works perfectly, radoulov. I was trying to do:

Code:
awk 'NR == 2,/c/'

... but since 'start_condition,end_condition' specifies a range, mine would be ambiguous and possibly redundant. Thanks.
 
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