Extracting certain blocks of information from a file

[octar]

Hi, I would like to grab specific information out of the /etc/qconfig file... what I want is everything in the block starting with printxxx and then pxxx
eg.

>cat /etc/qconfig

print146:
device = hp@p146
hp@p146:
file = /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/dev/hp@p146.server#hpJetDirect#9100
header = never
trailer = never
access = both
backend = /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piojetd p146.server 9100

I have over 100 printers so would like to find the easy option instead of manually cutting and pasting my way through the qconfig file.

thanks

 

[toolkit]

Not sure what your end condition is, but you can probably tailor the following to suit your needs:

#!/usr/bin/perl
open(FILE, "/etc/qconfig");
while(<FILE>) {
  print if /^print\d+:/ .. /p\d+$/;
}
close FILE;

Hope this helps. Cheers, Neil