grep, etc

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 04:26:03PM -0400, Bob Stockler wrote:
> | 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

You're always *so* awkward, Bob. 

Cheers,
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