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Re: textfile: copy between 2 keywords

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Am 10.09.15 um 13:18 schrieb Gerald:
> Hey,
>
> is there a easy way to copy the content between 2 unique keywords in a .txt file?
>
> example.txt
>
> 1, 2, 3, 4
> #keyword1
> 3, 4, 5, 6
> 2, 3, 4, 5
> #keyword2
> 4, 5, 6 ,7

If "copying" does mean copy it to another file, and you are not obliged 
to use Python, this is unmatched in awk:

Apfelkiste:Tests chris$ cat kw.txt
1, 2, 3, 4
#keyword1
3, 4, 5, 6
2, 3, 4, 5
#keyword2
4, 5, 6 ,7
Apfelkiste:Tests chris$ awk '/keyword1/,/keyword2/' kw.txt
#keyword1
3, 4, 5, 6
2, 3, 4, 5
#keyword2

Consequently, awk '/keyword1/,/keyword2/' kw.txt  > kw_copy.txt

would write it out to kw_copy.txt

Beware that between the two slashes there are regexps, so if you have 
metacharacters in your keywords, you need to quote them.

	Christian

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textfile: copy between 2 keywords Gerald <schweiger.gerald@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 04:18 -0700
  Re: textfile: copy between 2 keywords Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-09-10 22:10 +1000
  Re: textfile: copy between 2 keywords Jussi Piitulainen <harvesting@makes.email.invalid> - 2015-09-10 16:47 +0300
  Re: textfile: copy between 2 keywords Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 16:33 +0200
    Re: textfile: copy between 2 keywords Jussi Piitulainen <harvesting@makes.email.invalid> - 2015-09-10 18:48 +0300
  Re: textfile: copy between 2 keywords Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-09-10 19:29 +0200
    Re: textfile: copy between 2 keywords wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-09-10 12:11 -0700
      Re: textfile: copy between 2 keywords alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-10 19:41 +0000

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