in reply to Re^3: looking for speed!! large file search and extract
in thread looking for speed!! large file search and extract

then change holli's command line statement from perl -n -e "print if /^abcde/ && /PARTNAME$/" c:\somefile.txt>k:\1\somefile.txt to perl -n -e "print if /^xyzdf/ && /xyzdf$/" c:\somefile.txt>k:\1\somefile.txt

If you don't understand this I really recommend you read perlre

Update: Somehow missed reading "line directly above", so ignore the rest...except for reading perlre that's always a good idea if you haven't

"Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - I think that I think, therefore I think that I am." Ambrose Bierce