Re: Coping a part of text file

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Re^2: Coping a part of text file by Anonymous Monk on Jul 04, 2013 at 08:11 UTC
My file looks something like this `FILENAME: tes.txt FileName: + Function: + Written by: + + REVISION -Rev. -- Date -------------------------------------------------- 00 11/11/11 Initial release. 01 12/04/12 Edited 01 12/04/12 Final 02 01/10/13 Sispatched ----------------------------------------------------------------/ DATA LIST /========= List =========/ Currency ............. cotd` [download] the output I desire is this `FILENAME: tes.txt FileName: + Function: + Written by: + + REVISION -Rev. -- Date -------------------------------------------------- 00 11/11/11 Initial release. 01 12/04/12 Edited 01 12/04/12 Final 02 01/10/13 Sispatched ----------------------------------------------------------------/ DATA LIST` [download] what I am getting is all the words in a same line	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Coping a part of text file by hippo (Archbishop) on Jul 04, 2013 at 08:21 UTC
`perl -pe '/========= List =========/ and exit;' infile > outfile` ... or is the requirement more complex than specified?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Coping a part of text file by Anonymous Monk on Jul 04, 2013 at 08:46 UTC
Hey just one more help required , if I have an array and I need to find a specific word in it like DATA LIST , by avoiding any space that may be present before DATA or after LIST , how can I do it	[reply]
Re^5: Coping a part of text file by hippo (Archbishop) on Jul 04, 2013 at 10:57 UTC
Re^3: Coping a part of text file by davido (Cardinal) on Jul 04, 2013 at 08:16 UTC
Where's the code? Update: Nevermind, I see you've posted it in response to another follow-up in this thread. Dave	[reply]

 

    FILENAME: tes.txt
 
 
           FileName:                                                  
+      
           Function:                                                  
+      
          Written by:                                                 
+       
                                                      
                                                                      
+      
 
  REVISION 
  -Rev. -- Date --------------------------------------------------
    00   11/11/11      Initial release.
    01   12/04/12      Edited
    01   12/04/12      Final
    02   01/10/13    Sispatched
  
 ----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 
 
 
 
  DATA LIST 
 
/*========= List =========*/ 
 

Currency ............. cotd
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the output I desire is this


FILENAME: tes.txt
 
 
           FileName:                                                  
+      
           Function:                                                  
+      
          Written by:                                                 
+       
                                                      
                                                                      
+      
 
  REVISION 
  -Rev. -- Date --------------------------------------------------
    00   11/11/11      Initial release.
    01   12/04/12      Edited
    01   12/04/12      Final
    02   01/10/13    Sispatched
  
 ----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 
 
 
 
  DATA LIST
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what I am getting is all the words in a same line

[reply]
[d/l]
[select]

perl -pe '/========= List =========/ and exit;' infile > outfile

... or is the requirement more complex than specified?

[reply]
[d/l]

Hey just one more help required , if I have an array and I need to find a specific word in it like DATA LIST , by avoiding any space that may be present before DATA or after LIST , how can I do it

[reply]

Where's the code?

Update: Nevermind, I see you've posted it in response to another follow-up in this thread.

Dave

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