Get 7 lines after the pattern

gpk_newbie · October 17, 2011, 12:48am

guys help me with the below. I run the below command to get 7 lines after the pattern in a file but im not able to include even the pattern into the file2.

gawk 'c-->0;/pattern/{c=7}' file1 > file2

sombralibre · October 17, 2011, 4:09am

ok,
grep -A 7 -Ev 'pattern' file1 > file2

jayan_jay · October 17, 2011, 4:12am

print the pattern .. Modified code ..

$ gawk 'c-->0;/pattern/{print;c=7}' file1 > file2

gpk_newbie · October 17, 2011, 9:58pm

Thanks jayan_jay