Useful awk examples

A good starting point for awk is here.

• Print all lines between a start and an end marker:
  awk /START/,/END/ filename | grep -v 'START END'
  The comma separated pattern: /start/,/stop/ {print} is equivalent to the following code:
  

1:  {   
2:    if ($0 ~ /start/) {       
3:      triggered=1;    
4:    }    
5:    if (triggered) {  
6:      print;  
7:      if ($0 ~ /stop/) {  
8:        triggered=0;     
9:      }   
10:    }  
11:  }