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# 1  
Old 03-18-2016
Substitution in first occurrence with sed
I have the following script:

Code:
sed '/string1/,/string2/!d' infile

I want to apply the script to the first occurrence only. I have tried

Code:
sed '0,/string1/,/string2/!d' infile

Of course, that does not work
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Last edited by Xterra; 03-18-2016 at 10:18 PM..
# 2  
Old 03-19-2016
Hello Xterra,

Following may help you in same, let's say we have following Input_file.
Code:
cat Input_file
string1 string3 string4 string1

Then following is the code which may help you in same.
Code:
sed 's/string1/string2/1'  Input_file

Output will be as follows.
Code:
string2 string3 string4 string1

Hope this helps you.

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 3  
Old 03-19-2016
RavinderSingh13
Not exactly. This is my file:
Code:
string1
I want this text
string2
string3
something else here
string4
string1
But I definitively DO NOT want this text
string2
End

If I use my code, this is what I get:
Code:
string1
I want this text
string2
string1
But I definitively DO NOT want this text
string2

This is what I need:
Code:
string1
I want this text

I modified my code hoping it would work:
Code:
sed '0,/string1/,/string2/!d'

But of course it didn't:
Code:
sed: -e expression #1, char 12: unknown command: `,'

Thus, your code will not produce the desired output
# 4  
Old 03-19-2016
With your sample input, the search for string1 seems to be a red herring. Try:
Code:
sed '/string2/q'

Last edited by Don Cragun; 03-19-2016 at 04:23 PM.. Reason: Simplified command (use q instead of d).
# 5  
Old 03-19-2016
Try:
Code:
sed -n '/string2/q; /string1/,/string2/p' file




--
To print including string2:
Code:
sed -n '/string1/,/string2/p; /string2/q' file

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 03-19-2016 at 08:48 AM..
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Xterra
# 6  
Old 03-19-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cragun
With your sample input, the search for string1 seems to be a red herring.
With the sample input: yes. But if the "string1" happens to be not on the starting line of the input file there would be a difference. Your code would print everything from first line to a line with "string2".

This is why I'd prefer Scrutinizers solution even if your code is shorter.

bakunin
# 7  
Old 03-19-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xterra
Not exactly. This is my file:
Code:
string1
I want this text
string2
string3
something else here
string4
string1
But I definitively DO NOT want this text
string2
End

This is what I need:
Code:
string1
I want this text

Code:
perl -ne 'if(/string1/../string2/){exit if /string2/; print}' xterra.input

Code:
string1
I want this text

Code:
perl -ne 'if(/string1/../string2/){print; exit if /string2/}' xterra.input

Code:
string1
I want this text
string2

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