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Very big file is as below. One message are separated by ----- in file How I can find only my messages ( fOR example, number 9999888). big.file ------------------------ text in many line text my Number 9999888 text ok text ok text etc ------------------------ text in many line text not my Number 2111212 text text ------------------------ text in many line or one line text start my number 9999888 text message text end ----------------------- etc ----------------------- It should be after search ------------------------ text in many line text my Number 9999888 text ok text ok text etc ------------------------ text in many line or one line text start my number 9999888 text message text end ----------------------- Thanks for help

Name: ghostdog
Date: April 16, 2008 at 19:17:20 Pacific

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awk 'BEGIN{RS="-+"} /9999/{ print $0 } ' file

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Thanks ghostdog, Life is easy, if you can.

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