Print lines in file from the match line until end of file

Question

I wrote the following awk to print lines from the match line until EOF

awk '/match_line/,/*/' file

How can I do the same in sed?

score 69 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 08 '10 at 13:57

69

sed -n '/matched/,$p' file
awk '/matched/,0' file

answered Aug 08 '10 at 13:57

ghostdog74

Does `$` here means the end of the file, not end of the line? – Felipe Alvarez Dec 27 '19 at 02:19
@FelipeAlvarez Yes `$` in sed means `end of file` – LukeSavefrogs Dec 06 '20 at 10:26
@FelipeAlvarez In sed `$` when used in the context of matching lines means EOF. When used within a regular expression, `$` still means EOL. – Fauxcuss Jun 13 '23 at 19:00

englebart · Answer 2 · 2022-09-29T20:41:34.587

30

This is for a really old version of GNU sed on Windows

GNU sed version 2.05

-n only display if Printed
-e expression to evaluate
d stands for Delete
p stands for Print
$ end of file
line1,line2 is the range
! is NOT

haystack.txt

abc
def
ghi
needle
want 1
want 2

Print matching line and following lines to end of file

>sed.exe -n -e "/needle/,$p" haystack.txt
needle
want 1
want 2

Print start of file up to BUT NOT including matching line

>sed.exe -n -e "/needle/,$!p" haystack.txt
abc
def
ghi

Print start of file up to AND including matching line

>sed.exe -n -e "1,/needle/p" haystack.txt
abc
def
ghi
needle

Print everything after matching line

>sed.exe -n -e "1,/needle/!p" haystack.txt
want 1
want 2

Print everything between two matches - inclusive

>sed.exe -n -e "/def/,/want 1/p" haystack.txt
def
ghi
needle
want 1

Delete everything between two matches, no -n with this usage

>sed.exe -e "/ghi/,/want 1/d" haystack.txt
abc
def
want 2

edited Sep 29 '22 at 20:41

answered Dec 28 '12 at 18:44

englebart

1

Thanks: better explanation than the checked one. FWIW, another example (that unfortunately won't format multiline :-( `# show global/file attributes of some compressed netCDF files` `DIR='/asm/ROMO/cdc/2008cdc/smoke_out/2008ab_08c/12US1/cmaq_cb05_soa/'` `FN='emis_mole_all_2008*'` `for GZ in $(find "${DIR}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "${FN}" | sort) ; do` `echo -e "Processing ${GZ}, start=$(date)"` `GZ_FN="$(basename ${GZ})"` `NETCDF_FN="${GZ_FN%.gz}"` `cp ${GZ} ./` `gunzip ./${GZ_FN}` `ncdump -h ./${NETCDF_FN} | sed -ne '/global attributes/,$p'` `echo # newline between files` `done` – TomRoche Jun 23 '13 at 19:41
What is if you want to print between 'def' and 'want 1'? – ikwyl6 Apr 03 '20 at 22:06
@ikwyl6 - I added another sample at the end that answers your question. – englebart Apr 20 '20 at 13:15