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Old 11-02-2009
Bug copy content of file to other file

Hi ,
i Have 11 Gb file which contain 70 database but I want only one database
now i want content of file copy to other file
as

from starting from word of file1
create database xyz
to end word
create database xyz1

this copies to other file2

By this I cant get required database file
# 2  
Old 11-02-2009
Code:
sed -n '/create database xyz/,/create database xyz1/p' file1 > file2


Last edited by rdcwayx; 11-02-2009 at 08:29 PM..
# 3  
Old 11-03-2009
Bug

Quote:
Originally Posted by rdcwayx
Code:
sed -n '/create database xyz/,/create database xyz1/p' file1 > file2

Thanks it works for me
 
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