AWK condition problem

[parbhani]

Hi all ,

I have a awk like this ,

awk '/Column_name/,/^ *$/ { print $0 }' tab.txt

Simply, select all lines between ( including ) the line containing the word 'Column_name' and subsequent blank line.

What I want if lines between ( and including ) line containing 'Column_name' and "subsequent blank line OR a line containing word 'ENDOFMESSAGE' ", how to do that ?
Means output should start with a line containing word 'Column_name' and end with either a blank line or a line containing word 'ENDOFMESSAGE' .


Regards

 

[PHV]

Have you tried something like this ?
awk '/Column_name/,/(^ *$|ENDOFMESSAGE)/{print}' tab.txt

Hope This Help, PH.
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