How to delete data before a particular word in UNIX

[sarwar71]

Hi all,

Hoping that you guys are doing great. I have a question that "How to delete text before a particaulr word from a text filein UNIX"

Actually, I wrote a unix script that generate files from the database and it also has some header information on top of every file. I like to disregard all the information before a particular word i.e "CREATE".

Can someone help me in writing the code to meet the above requirement?

Thanks,

Sarwar

 

[PHV]

One way with sed:
sed -n 's!.*CREATE!CREATE!;/CREATE/,$p' /path/to/input > output

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[sarwar71]

Thank you very much!!!

It works like a charm...


Thanks,

Sarwar

 

[sarwar71]

Actually, I am new with SED, can you please explain your command in plain english so that I can understand what exactly you did.


Thanks,

Sarwar

 

[PHV]

man sed

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886