UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

awk: cmd. line:6:     A[++c}=$0
awk: cmd. line:6:          ^ syntax error
awk: cmd. line:9:     for (i=oend; i<=c-mend; i+++) print A[i]
awk: cmd. line:9:                ^ syntax error
awk: cmd. line:9:     for (i=oend; i<=c-mend; i+++) print A[i]
awk: cmd. line:9:                           ^ syntax error
awk: cmd. line:9:     for (i=oend; i<=c-mend; i+++) print A[i]
awk: cmd. line:9:                                 ^ syntax error
awk: cmd. line:9:     for (i=oend; i<=c-mend; i+++) print A[i]
awk: cmd. line:9:                                   ^ syntax error
awk: cmd. line:10:     for (i=oend; i<=c-mend; i+++) print A[i]
awk: cmd. line:10:                                             ^ unexpected newline or end of string

awk '
  $0~ostart{                                        # if the line contains what is in the variable start, in this case "ORBITAL ENERGIES"
    c=0                                             # set the counter to 0
  }
  $0~ostart,$0~mstart{                              # between lines that contain what is in variables ostart and start, 
    A[++c]=$0                                       # put the line in an Array with the line number relative to the start of this segment as index
  }
  END{     
    for(i=oend; i<=c-mend; i++) print A[i]          # at the end of the file after all is read, print between from the relative line number lend (3) to the relative last line number (c-mend)
  }
' ostart="ORBITAL ENERGIES" oend=3 \                # set the variables ostart, oend,
mstart="MULLIKEN POPULATION ANALYSIS" mend=3 file   # mstart and mend and specify the file name...

awk '
  $0~Hstart{
    c=0
  }
  $0~Hstart,$0~Lstart{
    A[++c]=$0
  }
  END{
     for (i=Hend; i<=c-Lend; i++) print A[i]
}
' Hstart="2.0000" Hend=-1 Lstart="0.0000" Lend=0 $LINE.ORBITALS > $LINE.MAKEMOL

2.0000
2.0000
2.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000

2.0000
[2.0000
2.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000]
0.0000