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Old 07-23-2008, 09:30 AM   #1
eentonig
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[SOLVED] find linenumber for pattern and work on the next line (Help Please)


Hi,

I know I'm missing something basic here.

I need to process a file with info I gathered from our routers and put those into a database. So far, so good.

But now I need to find a line and get info from the next line

Quote:
### INVENTORY ###
NAME: "chassis", DESCR: "1841 chassis"
PID: CISCO1841 , VID: V05 , SN: FCZ1143R27B
I know the "chassis" will always be above the line of interest. So I need to find which linenumber contains "chassis", and then I need to unleash the power of awk on the next line ("awk -F: `{ print $2}`").

Can someone show me a good oneliner to achieve this?

Thanks

Last edited by eentonig; 07-24-2008 at 12:01 AM. Reason: question answered.
 
Old 07-23-2008, 09:44 AM   #2
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Code:
awk '/chassis/{print NR+1}' file
or
Code:
awk '$2~"chassis"{print NR+1}' file
The commands above retrieve the number of the line immediately below that containing chassis. If you want to do all the processing using awk you can use getline to read and process the line below the matching pattern, for example:
Code:
awk '/chassis/{getline; other commands here}'
 
Old 07-24-2008, 12:00 AM   #3
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Thanks!!

I knew it was something obviously simple.
 
  


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