Simple Awk question

[hokky]

Hi Guys,

I think this is simple, but I need some one nail it for me.

I got the input data like this pattern

-File
...
...
-Value
...
...
-Error --> # this row is optional 
....

The data sometimes contain error sometimes not, I just want to grab the data under -Value,

Here's the code I've tried

script_that_produce_the_data_above |
awk '/^\-Value/{
      getline
      while ($0 !~ /^\-Error/) || ($0 != "") 
      {print;getline}         
}'

Above code doesn't work, Any idea how to nail it. The problem is how to stop when it gets the bottom of the line.

Thanks guys

 

[p5wizard]

At first glance (haven't tried it out):

If you're comparing

not-like
not-equals

then join them with AND (&&) not with OR (||)

your while loop will only end at end of file because any line in the file either doesn't contain "-Error" or isn't empty

while (($0 !~ /^\-Error/) && ($0 != ""))

HTH,

p5wizard