Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:01:54 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: awk question Message-ID: <20151005170154.2d15b87e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CALfReyefjMTrUW1YhPZC3n2QwPMOVZJxS8oMtgU_jo9sG%2BqgaQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <5611C922.4050007@hiwaay.net> <20151005042129.1f153ec6.freebsd@edvax.de> <5611F776.9090701@hiwaay.net> <56124479.9020505@sneakertech.com> <CALfReyefjMTrUW1YhPZC3n2QwPMOVZJxS8oMtgU_jo9sG%2BqgaQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:00:33 +0100, krad wrote: > Just to add to the pile, if you want to pull a section out of a file you > can do something along the lines of this. > > # for p in {a..z}; do echo $p; done | awk '/^k/,/^t/ {print $0}' > k > l > m > n > o > p > q > r > s > t You can see this example in the EXAMPLES section of "man awk". And you can omit "{ print $0 }" because that's the default action anyway. Otherwise, your demonstration is fully valid and a good reminder. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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