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Hi. I have a file "file1.txt". It contains the line "End Of Copy" in the middle. I need to copy all the lines ABOVE that line into "file2.txt" . I.e. if "file1" is Line 1 Line 2 "End Of Copy" Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 i need to have in "file2" only Line 1 Line 2 Thank you!

Name: nails
Date: April 16, 2008 at 14:40:37 Pacific

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#!/bin/ksh rm -f file2 while read line do if [[ "$line" == "\"End Of Copy\"" ]] then break fi echo "$line" >> file2 done < file1

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Name: ghostdog
Date: April 16, 2008 at 19:19:07 Pacific

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awk '/End Of Copy/{exit}1' file

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Gentlemen, Thank you very, very much.

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AWK or some search

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