awk

Jason M Potter answered on January 11, 2023 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 8/10

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Prints lines between start_regex and stop_regex

awk '/start_regex/,/stop_regex/ {print}' file.txt

xxxxxxxxxx

awk '/start_regex/,/stop_regex/ {print}' file.txt

Example Contents: File.txt

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5

xxxxxxxxxx

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

Line 5

Example Execution using | (Pipe)

cat File.txt | awk '/Line 2/,/Line 4/ {print}'

xxxxxxxxxx

cat File.txt | awk '/Line 2/,/Line 4/ {print}'

Example Direct Execution

awk '/Line 2/,/Line 4/ {print}' File.txt

xxxxxxxxxx

awk '/Line 2/,/Line 4/ {print}' File.txt

Example Output

Line 2
Line 3
Line 4

xxxxxxxxxx

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

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