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James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> writes: |
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> Adam Carter <Adam.Carter <at> optus.com.au> writes: |
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>> I need to select all |
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>> the lines between string1 and string2 in a file. String1 exists on |
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> an entire |
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>> line by itself and string2 will be at the start of a line. What's |
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> the syntax? I |
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>> cant use -A as there is a variable number of lines. |
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> AWK |
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> is my vote. Old, *SIMPLE* and used by most other packages when |
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> pattern matching is involved. Often AWK and SED go together..... As |
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> do Perl and AWK |
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Yup and using Steves' example: |
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$ cat a |
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abcd |
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abcd |
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abcd |
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abcd |
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abcd |
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abcd |
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abcd |
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abcd |
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abcd |
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abcd |
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abcd |
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foo <-- /foo/ true here |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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bar <-- /bar/ true here |
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fdsa |
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fdsa |
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fdsa |
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cat a | awk '/^foo/{FLAG=1}\ |
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FLAG{print} \ |
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/^bar/{FLAG=""}' |
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foo |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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asdf |
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bar |
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