grep, etc

[Bob Stockler]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 03:18:53PM -0400, Robert Pulliam M.D. wrote:
|     I have created a file using the export commant in filepro.  It is text with a newline record seperator.  the file looks like this:
| 
| ISA*00000089** *
| CLM*inv123456*a*b*c         -213
| SV1*23456*25*A*B            -214
| 
| i WANT TO BE ABLE TO VIEW A RANGE OF LINE USING GREP, MORE OR AWK.   IS THIS POSSIBLE.   IE FROM -213 TO -216

Yes.

  awk '
  {
    if ( $NF = "-213" ) { OK++ ; print ; next }
    if ( $NF = "-216" ) { print ; exit }
    if ( OK ) print
  }' filename

Bob

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