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# 1  
Old 08-10-2011
Question grep for special charecters
Hi,

I need to grep for text between " 01/Aug" and " 02/Aug" in a text file.

The awk command usually fails with the error saying "line too long"

Is there other simpler ways to achieve this ?
# 2  
Old 08-10-2011
What is your OS and awk version ?

Can you post some example text file ?
# 3  
Old 08-10-2011
Error
uname -a
SunOS mycomp 5.10 Generic_141414-07 sun4v sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5220

I am not sure how to know the awk version.

Below is the sample text.
Code:
16.81.18.151 - user [01/Aug/2011:00:00:55 -0400] "POST  /servlet/lorms/lorms_modify_user HTTP/1.1" 200 133694
16.81.18.145 -  - [01/Aug/2011:00:01:25 -0400] "GET  /eg/Hello.jsp?name=eg&name1=monitoring&user=eg&password

bla bla bla

162.11.18.145 - - [02/Aug/2011:00:00:29 -0400] "GET  /eg/Hello.jsp?name=eg&name1=monitoring&user=eg&password=48&host=169.81.&port=3333&server=myserver  HTTP/1.1" 200 170

bla bla bla ....

The output should contain the first found of the first string and the last searched of the second string.

i.e for grep between "am" & "going".
Code:
i 
am
going
am
i 
want
to
going 
home

Desired Output:
Code:
am
going
am
i 
want
to
going

I am not sure and would want to know if this is the nature of any greping tool.

Thanks...
Last edited by shifahim; 08-10-2011 at 04:01 AM..
# 4  
Old 08-10-2011
On given dummy input this awk should fill your requirment.
Code:
$cat inp
i 
am
going
am
i 
want
to
going 
home
$awk '/am/,/going/ { print } ' inp
am
going
am
i 
want
to
going

Hope that helps.
# 5  
Old 08-10-2011
Error
Hi,

As i said the file that i have is quite HUGE and the awk fails, hence I do not wish to use awk.

Also I am looking forward to greping between "01/Aug" and " 02/Aug" which have special characters.

Thanks,
# 6  
Old 08-10-2011
Use nawk on Solaris.

I'm not sure i'm getting this, please check if this works for your using nawk.
Code:
$ cat inp
er [01/Aug/2011:00:00:55 -0400] "POST  /servlet/lorms/lorms_modify_user HTTP/1.1" 200 133694
16.81.18.145 -  - [01/Aug/2011:00:01:25 -0400] "GET  /eg/Hello.jsp?name=eg&name1=monitoring&user=eg&password

bla bla bla

162.11.18.145 - - [02/Aug/2011:00:00:29 -0400] "GET  /eg/Hello.jsp?name=eg&name1=monitoring&user=eg&password=48&host=169.81.&port=3333&server=myserver  HTTP/1.1" 200 170

bla bla bla ....
$ awk '!/0[12]\/Aug/ { print } '  inp

bla bla bla


bla bla bla ....

Hope this helps, if not, perhaps someone else will jump in.

Regards
Peasant.
# 7  
Old 08-10-2011
Error
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peasant
Use nawk on Solaris.

I'm not sure i'm getting this, please check if this works for your using nawk.
Code:
$ cat inp
er [01/Aug/2011:00:00:55 -0400] "POST  /servlet/lorms/lorms_modify_user HTTP/1.1" 200 133694
16.81.18.145 -  - [01/Aug/2011:00:01:25 -0400] "GET  /eg/Hello.jsp?name=eg&name1=monitoring&user=eg&password

bla bla bla

162.11.18.145 - - [02/Aug/2011:00:00:29 -0400] "GET  /eg/Hello.jsp?name=eg&name1=monitoring&user=eg&password=48&host=169.81.&port=3333&server=myserver  HTTP/1.1" 200 170

bla bla bla ....
$ awk '!/0[12]\/Aug/ { print } '  inp

bla bla bla


bla bla bla ....

Hope this helps, if not, perhaps someone else will jump in.

Regards
Peasant.
Why does it print the second bla bla bla ?

This is my desired output for the above:

Code:
[01/Aug/2011:00:00:55 -0400] "POST  /servlet/lorms/lorms_modify_user  HTTP/1.1" 200 133694
16.81.18.145 -  - [01/Aug/2011:00:01:25 -0400] "GET   /eg/Hello.jsp?name=eg&name1=monitoring&user=eg&password

bla bla bla

162.11.18.145 - - [02/Aug/2011:00:00:29 -0400] "GET   /eg/Hello.jsp?name=eg&name1=monitoring&user=eg&password=48&host=169.81.&port=3333&server=myserver   HTTP/1.1" 200 170

 
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