OK, Let's take a better look at what I truly meant to be more clear about.
My text file contains backup policy information, many backup policies. Each section (policy) starts with "Policy Name:".
I'm capturing that info and a few lines of data after "Policy Name:".
Further down in the text file is: 
Policy Name:            Backup_Monday
  Active:               Yes
  Type:                 Normal
   ----- more various garbage in between -----
Granular Restore Info:  No
  HW/OS/Client:  PC            Windows2003   ds1
                 PC            Windows2003   ds2
                 PC            Windows2003   ds3
                 PC            Windows2003   ds4
                 PC            Windows2000   ds5
                 PC            Windows2000   ds6
(blank line here)
(text file continues on to other policies in the file from here)

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I check the line in the file to see if it has the pattern in it (HW/OS/Client) and if it does, I want to print that line and then keep printing each subsequent line until the (blank line) is reached. Exit that loop and go back to the main loop to look for another iteration of "Policy Name:". Keep doing this through all 122 backup policies.

I guess you'd say that I have a loop inside a loop.?

Make Sense? or have I muddied the water even more?

Thanks,
Dennis

In reply to Re^3: How to print certain lines out of a text file. by sawdustar
in thread How to print certain lines out of a text file. by sawdustar

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