Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:14:50 +0200 From: "Dr. A. Haakh" <bugReporter@Haakh.de> To: "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extracting a variable listing Message-ID: <4C6BF8EA.3020406@Haakh.de> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20100818084231.00ecef30@sage-american.com> References: <3.0.1.32.20100818084231.00ecef30@sage-american.com>
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Jack L. Stone schrieb:
> Sorry to return to the trough again for script help, but find excellent
> answers here when all else fails, and I am not very good at it.
>
> Trying to develop a script (non-bash) that will extract a variable list of
> content on a daily basis so I can add it to a master list. Once I have
> this, I can do the rest of the scripting needed.
>
> Here's an example of the need.
>
> The content I need will always fall beneath a row of pound signs, and there
> is content above that row I don't want, like this:
>
> bunch of rows I don't need here
> ############################### <--- the top of stuff needed
> row1
> row2
> row3
> row4
> etc, etc....
>
> So, I need a way to pull out the rows (which vary daily) beneath the pound
> row and place it in a new temp file that I can "cat >>" into a master file.
>
> Appreciate your kind help once again.... (beers on me!)
>
> All the best!
> Jack
>
> (^_^)
> Happy trails,
> Jack L. Stone
>
> System Admin
> Sage-america
awk is your friend .-)
this script does exactly what you need
extract.awk
---------------
/^#####+$/ {
print $0;
getline;
print ">>>>>",$0
while (match($0, "^[[:print:]]+$")) {
print $0;
getline;
}
}
---------------
You can still adjust the pattern in match to suit your need.
invoke it with
awk -f extract.awk yourfile
Andreas
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