On 10 Feb 2006 at 0:35, Peter Pan wrote:
> OK. How would I do this in perl. I guess I could write a script to
> call my perl script that runs this command
>
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Pan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Peter> I have multiple log files that are being created during my
> build. At
> > Peter> the end of each build, I copy the log file to 1 master log
> file. I
> > Peter> need a way using sed or awk where I can scan the master
> files for
> > Peter> "Error: building module..." If this pattern is hit I need
> to copy
> > Peter> that line and up 25 lines into a new file error.log.
> >
> > Peter> Any suggestions???
> >
> > Yes, don't use sed or awk. Use Perl.
I think this might do it, presuming you have access to cat or
similar.
cat logfile.log | perl -e 'while (<>) { print if /Error/ }'
`perldoc perlrequick` would have given you the answer just as
quickly.
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