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Hi,
I have a file with below entries

EMPno : R4343
name : Antony
....

Result PASS.

I need to record empno into new file based up on the result as "PASS".
Please suggest me.
Thanks

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Not sure if this is what you want:

$> awk '$1 == "EMPno" {r=$0} /^Result PASS.$/ {print r > "newfile"}' infile
$> cat newfile
EMPno : R4343
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Thanks. Its working fine.