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Old 05-09-2008
get next 2 lines after a "pattern line"
all,

I want to get next 2 lines in a file after a define pattern, for example: SALT

Input:
Quote:
blah blah blah
blah blah blah SALT blah blah blah
lineXXX
lineYYY
Output:
Quote:
lineXXX
lineYYY
anyone can help?
Last edited by fongthai; 05-09-2008 at 03:14 AM.. Reason: more info
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Old 05-09-2008
try this:
Code:
sed -n -e '/SALT/ {n; p; n; p}' filename

Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 05-09-2008 at 04:31 AM.. Reason: corrected the sed command
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Old 05-09-2008
It's great, Yogesh!

Thank for your help!
 
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