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# awk 'match($0,"there"){print substr($0,RSTART)}' file
there Reader Orbix

#!/usr/bin/env sh

# @(#) s1       Demonstrate printing of specific token and following text.

set -o nounset
echo

debug=":"
debug="echo"

## Use local command version for the commands in this demonstration.

echo "(Versions displayed with local utility \"version\")"
version >/dev/null 2>&1 && version bash sed

echo

FILE=${1-data1}
echo " Input file $FILE:"
cat $FILE

echo
echo " Results from sed:"
sed -n 's/\(.*\)\(there.*\)/\2/p' $FILE

exit 0

% ./s1

(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
GNU bash 2.05b.0
GNU sed version 4.1.2

 Input file data1:
I am a file
Hello there Reader Orbix
I hope you feel good today
There goes a bus.
not here.
Are you there?
Hear, hear!
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

 Results from sed:
there Reader Orbix
there?
there is a Santa Claus