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Hi,
i have data file like:
START1
a
b
STOP
c
d
START2
e
STOP
f
START3
g
STOP

When one of the START<count> variable is passed, i should print all lines matching this until the first 'STOP'

for example if 'START2' is provided for match, i should get the result as:
START2
e
STOP

How to use sed or another utility to achieve this?

I tried the following and it didn't work:

Code:

sed '/START2/,/STOP/'

Thanks,
-srinivas yelamanchili

If you turn off 'printing' by default (-n) and then put a print command after your address pair, it will work as you intended.

Code:

sed -n '/START2/,/STOP/p' input-file