Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:16:20 +0200 From: "Dr. Andreas Haakh" <andreas@Haakh.de> To: "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extracting a variable listing Message-ID: <4C6BF944.5060302@Haakh.de> In-Reply-To: <4C6BF8EA.3020406@Haakh.de> References: <3.0.1.32.20100818084231.00ecef30@sage-american.com> <4C6BF8EA.3020406@Haakh.de>
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Dr. A. Haakh schrieb:
> 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
> ---------------
> /^#####+$/ {
> getline;
> 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
I forgot to remove some extra output :-)
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