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From: rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Need script to pluck lines of text from a file
Keywords: AWK,script,lines,need advice
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Date: 1 Jul 90 02:54:17 GMT
References: <1990Jun30.180958.28569@cbnewsd.att.com>
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In article <1990Jun30.180958.28569@cbnewsd.att.com> jfb200@cbnewsd.att.com (joseph.f.baugher) writes:
 >
 >I have a file consisting of several dozen lines of text, as per example:
 >
 >		text in line 1
 >		text in line 2
 >		....
 >		text in line n
 >		startmarker
 >		text in line n+1
 >		text in line n+2
 >		....
 >	        ...
 >		text in line n+m-1
 >		endmarker
 >		text in line n+m+1
 >		text in line n+m+2
 >		....
 >	        ....
 >where startmarker and endmarker are lines of text with characteristic
 >markers in them which identify them as unique and different from the others.
 >I want to be able to pipe the lines of text BETWEEN startmarker and
 >endmarker to another command for further processing. 

This should do:

awk < infile '/startmarker/,/endmarker/ { \
         if ($0 != "startmarker && $0 != "endmarker") \
              print }'

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