Franklin

Wed Apr 26 16:45:07 2023


bookworm asked:
     write a bash script that looks for word in a file and prints lines from that point until an \"entry\" tag is encountered

#!/bin/bash

# This script looks for a word in a file and prints lines from that point until an "entry" tag is encountered

# Get file name from user
read -p "Enter the name of the file: " filename

# Get word to search from user
read -p "Enter the word to search: " word

# Boolean to indicate if word is found
word_found=false

# Read file line by line
while read line; do
# Check for word
if [[ "$line" == *"$word"* ]]; then
# Word found
word_found=true
elif [[ $word_found == true && "$line" == *"entry"* ]]; then
# Entry tag found; stop printing
break
fi

# Print line if word is found
if [[ $word_found == true ]]; then
echo "$line"
fi
done < $filename