Extract data under a particular user name... 1

[RVSachin]

Hi,

I have a huge output file which contains data about some users.
Report for each user starts with the following line in the file.

[b]Detailed Report for User: <user name>[/b]

....some data...


[b]Detailed Report for User: <[COLOR=blue]USER NAME I AM INTERESTED IN[/color]>[/b]


....some other data...


[b]Detailed Report for User: <user name>[/b]


....some more data...

Note that the no. of lines under each user is never the same.
I need to extract only the data of a particular user from this file into a different file.
How can I do this in KSH?

Thanks,

RV

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
Title="Detailed Report for User:"
UserName="USER NAME I AM INTERESTED IN"
inp="/path/to/input"
out="/path/to/output"
sed -n "/^$Title $UserName/,/$Title/p" $inp | sed '$d' >$out


Hope This Helps, PH.
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