I have the below sample data and I need to extract lines which for specific date range. Say from 01/02/2018 to 06/02/2018 Last column in below sample is the date column dd/mm/yyyy format. Columns of file are seprated by one more spaces. 

DQ94JD84   S8G2H       A9X946N  111.222.333.123 HOME - [01/Feb/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]              01/02/2018
XA29EN35   M4C6M       D7F577Q  111.222.333.123 AWAY - [02/Feb/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]        02/02/2018
JK20TQ67   K1L0V       T6Z148X  111.222.333.123 HOME - [03/Feb/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]              03/02/2018
SO78NZ28   B5S8J       W9F920Z  111.222.333.123 HOME - [04/Feb/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]          04/02/2018
BI55SY64   R6P5H       A9U757R  111.222.333.123 HOME - [05/Feb/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]              05/02/2018
MH72RG27   Y6X0N       C7E352J  111.222.333.123 HOME - [01/Feb/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]                    01/02/2018
ET43US76   F5S3W       X2L870O  111.222.333.123 HOME - [06/Feb/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]              06/02/2018
QA43MM82   Y3K0O       H8E229P  111.222.333.123 HOME - [11/Feb/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]        11/02/2018
MK72HI41   A6W2I       M3X402D  111.222.333.123 HOME - [15/Feb/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]        15/02/2018
LJ28XY72   E0Z4L       E8W757S  111.222.333.123 HOME - [22/Mar/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]          22/03/2018
TJ47EG77   W5J6A       A7L557Q  111.222.333.123 HOME - [01/Feb/2018:01
+:08:39 -0800]              01/02/2018
TJ47EG78   E6L8Z       J4X329P  216.142.233.73 - - [30/Nov/2018:00:03:
+08 -0500]              30/11/2018
TJ47EG79   N2V1H       Q1Y615G  10.101.128.66 - - [03/Apr/2018:00:42:1
+1 -0500]                03/04/2018

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In reply to extract lines from file between date range. by rinkish85

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