when you scrutiny my questions from the past weeks you find I asked questions similar to this one. I had problems to ask in a demanded format since I did not really know where my problems came from. E. Morton tells me not to use range expression. Well, I do not know what they are excactly. I found in this forum many questions alike mine with working answers.
Like: "How to print following line from a match" (e.g.)
But all solutions I found stop working when I process more than one input file. I need to process many. I use this command:
gawk -f 1.awk print*.csv > new.txt
while 1.awk contains:
BEGIN { OFS=FS=";"
pattern="row4"
}
go {print} $0 ~ pattern {go = 1}
input file 1 print1.csv contains:
row1;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row2;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row3;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row4;don't;need;to;match;the;whole;line,;
row5;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row6;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row7;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row8;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row9;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row10;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
Input file 2 print2.csv contains the same just for illustration purpose.
The 1.awk (and several others ways I found in this forum to print from match) works for one file. Output:
row5;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row6;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row7;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row8;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row9;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
row10;something;in;this;row;;;;;;;
BUT not when I process more input files. Each time I process this way more than one input file awk commands 'to print from match' seem to be ignored. As said I was told not to use range expression. I do not know how and maybe the problem is linked to the way I input several files?
