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Old 11-08-2008
Copy or Grep all text below a string
Hello,

I am trying to copy all the text from a file below a search string...

For example i want to grep all text below the word sure:

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Any ideas?

Thanks,
# 2  
Old 11-08-2008
2 possibilities:
Code:
awk '/sure/{f=1}f' file

or
Code:
sed -n '/sure/,$p' file

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Old 11-08-2008
Works...

Thanks Smilie
 
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