Using flags to select ranges in awk
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Sorting by paragraph
This comes up in discussions and forums from time to time. Basically, the input is composed of paragraphs (ie, separated by runs of empty lines), and each paragraph has a specific value somewhere in it. The goal is to sort the text "by paragraph", according to this key, and the resulting output should still consist […]
Working with blocks in awk
Recognize multiline blocks of text using awk
Before and after match in awk
Get lines that are n lines before or after a match.
Run a command on all files in a hierarchy
Something that everybody needs to do sooner or later.
