Need help with sed

[cstorm]

I need to print all lines between a certain pattern.
Example, filea contains:

start server1.d35.acme.com
text message 1
text message 2
end server1.d35.acme.com
start server9.d35.acme.com
text message 1
text message 2
end server9.d35.acme.com
start server10.d35.acme.com
text message 1
text message 2
end server10.d35.acme.com

I want only the text pertaining to server1. I have tried
the command:

sed -n '/server1/,/server1/p' filea

But, it produces text for server1 and server10:

start server1.d35.acme.com
text message 1
text message 2
end server1.d35.acme.com
start server10.d35.acme.com
text message 1
text message 2
end server10.d35.acme.com

What is the solution?

 

[CaKiwi]

Try

sed -n '/server1\./,/server1\./p' filea

If server1 can be followed by characters other than a period, comma and colon for example, use

sed -n '/server1[.,:]/,/server1[.,:]/p' filea



CaKiwi

"I love mankind, it's people I can't stand" - Linus Van Pelt

 

[mikevh]

sed -n '/start server1\./,/end server1\./p'

 

[cstorm]

Wow! Case solved. Thanks to CaKiwi for the speedy solution!