On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 6:16 PM, Alexander Kapshuk < alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 3:49 AM, Adam Carter <adamcart...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm using this to grab a section of text across multiple lines, how do i
> get
> > it to exit after the first match?
> >
> > awk '/foo/,/bar/'
>
> See if this works for you:
> awk '/foo/,/bar/{print;if(/bar/)exit}' file
> sed '/foo/,/bar/!d;/bar/q' file
>
> The awk line works. I didnt try the sed line. Thanks!
