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I have a requirement where in i need to select records right below the search criteria

Code:

qwertykeyboard  white
10 20 30
30 40 50
60 70 80
qwertykeyboard  black
40 50 60
70 90 100

qwertykeyboard and white are headers separated by a tab.

when i execute my script..i would be searching to bring whatever records are beneath white and black...Also, can i get these records into 2 files
1 for white
and 1 for black

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Any answers??????

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Can you post desired output for that sample data?

Sure
I want file 1 ie white.txt to have

Code:

10 20 30
30 40 50
60 70 80

and file 2 ie black.txt to have

Code:

40 50 60
70 90 100

Code:

 
 sed  -n '/qwertykeyboard  white/,/qwertykeyboard  black/p'  < inputfile  | sed '1d'| sed '$d' > file1
 sed  '/qwertykeyboard  white/,/qwertykeyboard  black/d' < inputfile > file2

let me know if you face any issue

Awesome..Thanx a lot!!