Using if an AWK command

Question

I have a file which contains many sub-sections each starting with [begin] and ending with [end]sample of which is shown below:

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ptitle=5543369186|2|1|1|Rest:1533891||||||2700211|19615|886.8211044369053|0.776121|34.0|$119.99|100.0|1|||
seller=1533891|1|119.99|3|-1|1.0:text,In+size+6.0%2C7.0%2C8.0%2C8.5%2C9.0%2C9.5%2C10.0%2C...,0.0,,,,0,0,|2|||||true||2.95|20|true|
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seller=4281413|1|5.27|1|-1||0|||||true||4.695052|1769|true|
ptitle=5507199621|4|1|1|||||||2700220|56412|706.9031281251306|0.791171|45.0|$99.99|100.0|1|||
seller=4806107|1|-1.0|1|-1|1.0:sale,$,30.000000000000014,0.0,,,,0,0,:text,In+size+6.0%2C6.5%2C7.0%2C7.5%2C8.0%2C8.5%2C9.0%2C9...,0.0,,,,0,0,|2||||$130 $30.00 off|false||5.0|1|false|
ptitle=5502728013|5|1|1|||||||900000|0|698.7772340643119|0.836740|75.0|$40.95|100.0|1|||
seller=955448|1|40.95|1|-1||0|||||false||4.142857|7|false|
ptitle=840662011|6|1|1|Rest:265238||||||300233|62718|683.2927820751431|0.995513|52.0|$22.95|100.0|1|||
seller=265238|1|22.95|1|-1||0|||||false||4.478261|23|false|
ptitle=848084980|8|1|1|||||||2700073|145653|670.4809846773688|0.880587|60.0|$24.99|100.0|1|||
seller=5267046|1|24.99|1|-1||0|||||true||0.0|0|false|
ptitle=891200492|9|1|1|Rest:1030132||||||2701003|17215|668.8437575254773|0.825491|32.0|$519.99|100.0|1|||
seller=1030132|1|519.99|1|-1||0|||||false||4.7391305|23|false|
ptitle=641974054|10|1|1|||||||900000|69433|667.6678790058678|0.752129|57.0|$4.19|100.0|1|||
seller=3365158|1|4.19|1|-1||0|||||true||4.70907|4410|true|
ptitle=517591869|12|1|1|Rest:4802895||||||2700408|127644|643.0972570735605|0.893899|17.25|$23.95|100.0|1|||
seller=4318776|1|-1.0|3|-1||0|||||false||0.0|0|false|
ptitle=541549480|13|1|1|Rest:1180414||||||2702000|105832|597.4904572011968|0.752129|24.666666666666664|$8.27|100.0|1|||
seller=4636561|1|8.27|1|-1||0|||||false||4.8283377|734|true|
ptitle=1020561900|14|1|1|||||||2700063|159813|594.4717491579845|0.934869|75.0|$5.39|100.0|1|||
seller=4722645|1|5.39|1|-1|1.0:sale,$,0.6000000000000005,0.0,,,,0,0,:text,Free+Shipping+on+All+Orders%21,0.0,201301010000/,,,0,0,|2||||$5.99 $0.60 off|true||4.3942246|1593|true|
ptitle=507792308|15|1|1|Rest:4683455||||||2702000|105832|591.7739184402442|0.768311|22.5|$9.48|100.0|1|||
seller=4910651|1|-1.0|2|-1||0|||||false||5.0|1|false|
ptitle=1090571346|16|1|1|Rest:4452919||||||2700211|20824|776.4814913363535|0.776121|35.0|$59.99|100.0|1|||
seller=1533891|1|59.99|1|-1|1.0:sale,$,49.99999999999999,0.0,,,,0,0,:text,In+size+7.5%2C8.0%2C8.5%2C9.0%2C9.5%2C10.0%2C10.5...,0.0,,,,0,0,|2||||$110 $50.00 off|true||2.95|20|true|
ptitle=573017390|17|1|1|||||||2700073|91937|679.695660577044|0.880587|33.5|$14.85|100.0|1|||
seller=4281413|1|14.85|1|-1||0|||||true||4.695052|1769|true|
ptitle=5502723300|18|1|1|||||||900000|0|639.3095640940136|0.836740|75.0|$50.95|100.0|1|||
seller=955448|1|50.95|1|-1||0|||||false||4.142857|7|false|
ptitle=940022974|20|1|1|||||||2700600|58701|569.9503499778303|0.875839|59.0|$14.40|100.0|1|||
seller=4825227|1|14.4|1|12||0|||||true||4.0289855|276|true|
ptitle=5513277553|21|1|1|||||||2700220|56412|565.2712749001105|0.776121|44.33333333333333|$129.95|100.0|1|||
seller=4825252|1|129.95|1|23||0|||||true||4.0289855|276|true|
ptitle=890329961|22|1|1|||||||2700408|133796|564.7642425785796|0.837916|34.75|$61.95|100.0|1|||
seller=4825235|1|61.95|4|19||0|||||true||4.0289855|276|true|
ptitle=753852910|24|1|1|||||||2700073|146738|557.7419123688652|0.934869|47.69230769230769|$26.99|100.0|1|||
seller=4722645|1|26.99|10|-1|1.0:sale,$,3.0,0.0,,,,0,0,:text,Free+Shipping+on+All+Orders%21,0.0,201301010000/,,,0,0,|2||||$29.99 $3.00 off|true||4.3942246|1593|true|
ptitle=654738989|26|1|1|||||||900000|84012|554.7756559595525|0.752129|57.0|$3.19|100.0|1|||
seller=3365158|1|3.19|1|-1||0|||||true||4.70907|4410|true|
ptitle=707747307|27|1|1|Rest:4736009||||||2700063|76249|552.234395428327|0.889614|19.857142857142854|$6.39|100.0|1|||
seller=4736009|1|6.39|1|-1||0|||||false||4.8071113|15356|true|
ptitle=63531001|28|1|1|||||||2700408|82712|625.0421885589608|0.893899|47.166666666666664|$7.69|100.0|1|||
seller=4281413|1|7.69|3|-1||0|||||true||4.695052|1769|true|
ptitle=5502728016|29|1|1|||||||900000|0|605.9895507237038|0.836740|75.0|$503.00|100.0|1|||
seller=955448|1|503.0|1|-1||0|||||false||4.142857|7|false|
ptitle=507792308|31|1|1|Rest:4683455||||||2702000|105832|559.6902659046442|0.752129|22.5|$8.99|100.0|1|||
seller=5105812|1|-1.0|1|-1||0|||||false||0.0|0|false|
ptitle=753852910|32|1|1|||||||2700073|146738|545.9987095658629|0.870929|47.69230769230769|$22.49|100.0|1|||
seller=4143386|1|22.49|6|-1|1.0:sale,$,7.5,0.0,,,,0,0,:text,Free+Shipping+on+Orders+Over+%24100,0.0,201109010000/201409302359,,,0,0,|2||||$29.99 $7.50 off|false||4.7316346|2355|true|
ptitle=5513277553|33|1|1|Rest:1533891||||||2700220|56412|653.3133907916089|0.825491|44.33333333333333|$149.99|100.0|1|||
seller=1533891|1|149.99|3|-1|1.0:text,In+size+5.0%2C5.5%2C6.0%2C6.5%2C7.0%2C7.5%2C8.0%2C8...,0.0,,,,0,0,|2|||||true||2.95|20|true|
ptitle=63531001|34|1|1|||||||2700408|82712|541.8233547780552|0.893899|47.166666666666664|$7.72|100.0|1|||
seller=2370155|1|7.72|4|-1||0|||||false||4.85|40|false|
ptitle=1018957017|35|1|1|||||||2700073|145653|540.6093714604533|0.860614|56.0|$25.95|100.0|1|||
seller=5036683|1|25.95|1|-1||0|||||false||4.8405056|366|false|
ptitle=743682867|36|1|1|||||||2700073|63437|539.5985846455641|0.870929|58.0|$46.99|100.0|1|||
seller=193176|1|46.99|1|-1||0|||||true||4.8511987|1418|true|
ptitle=679858288|37|1|1|||||||2700063|188669|535.1360632897284|0.902031|30.0|$12.41|100.0|1|||
seller=4143386|1|12.41|2|-1|1.0:sale,$,1.379999999999999,0.0,,,,0,0,:text,Free+Shipping+on+Orders+Over+%24100,0.0,201109010000/201409302359,,,0,0,|2||||$13.79 $1.38 off|false||4.7316346|2355|true|
ptitle=994328713|38|1|1|||||||2700073|71463|534.7715925279717|0.870929|58.0|$1.29|100.0|1|||
seller=1787388|1|1.29|1|-1||0|||||false||4.680464|3624|false|
ptitle=886915818|40|1|1|||||||2700444|201835|529.7519801432289|0.934869|65.5|$44.99|100.0|1|||
seller=4561883|1|44.99|2|-1||0|||||true||4.7913384|508|false|
seller_hidden=227502|990765963|1147436601|-1
seller_hidden=5310958|622529158|5645627277|-1
seller_hidden=4825254|5543369186|5651114316|23
seller_hidden=5289138|5548930281|5653769481|-1
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I am trying to run the command cat /home/nextag/logs/OutpdirImpressions.log.2013-09-02 | awk -F "$begin" '{print $0}' | awk '$0 ~ "header=7075" {print $0}' As per this command i want to split the entire file into sub-sections beginning with the word 'begin'. Now in that i want those sub-sections which contains 'header=7075'

Expected output is that it will print the entire sub-section(those which contain that string), but i am getting only this portion as output:

header=7075|lime|0|0|109582|0|1|2700073||0|0|0|[355]|1|0|ssb-li1-1378184738754-90||0||LIME |0|saved=true|0.002406508312038836|0|[ser=zu1:mtu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:mu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:scorerClassUsed=LinearPersonalizedProductSearchScorer][ser=uzu6:mtu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:mu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:scorerClassUsed=LinearPersonalizedProductSearchScorer][ser=xzs5:mtu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:mu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:scorerClassUsed=LinearPersonalizedProductSearchScorer][ser=sv-stda-zu3:mtu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:mu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:scorerClassUsed=LinearPersonalizedProductSearchScorer][ser=hzu8:mtu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:mu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:scorerClassUsed=LinearPersonalizedProductSearchScorer][ser=lzu3:mtu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:mu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:scorerClassUsed=LinearPersonalizedProductSearchScorer][ser=yzu2:mtu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:mu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:scorerClassUsed=LinearPersonalizedProductSearchScorer][ser=xzu7:mtu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:mu=model_other_20120806calibex.csv:scorerClassUsed=LinearPersonalizedProductSearchScorer]|0|null|false|40||false|

I have tried using if in various ways, but it doesn't works. Can somebody please help me. I tried awk -F "$begin" '{if($0 ~ "header=7075") {print $0}}' /home/nextag/logs/OutpdirImpressions.log.2013-09-02. It gave the same result

Can somebody please suggest that how do i get the complete sub-section in the result

Answer 1

Awk script - section delimiters not passed + comments

This variant does not pass the [begin ...] and [end ...] delimiters.

#!/usr/bin/awk -f

BEGIN   {
    insect=0    # we are out of a section
    }

/^\[begin [a-z0-9_]+\]/ {
    insect=1    # section opening
    next
    }

insect == 1 {
    if($0 ~ /^header=7075\|/)   {
        insect=2    # we are inside the right section
        }
    else    {
        insect=0    # we are in a different section
        next
        }
    }

/^\[end [a-z0-9_]+\]/ && (insect == 2 || insect == 1)   {
    exit 0      # end of the right section -> stop processing
    }

insect == 2 {
    print       # we are inside the right section -> pass all lines
    }

Awk script - section delimiters passed + contracted code

#!/usr/bin/awk -f
BEGIN {ins=0}
/^\[begin [a-z0-9_]+\]/ {beg=$0; getline; if($0 ~ /^header=7075\|/) {print beg; ins=1}}
/^\[end [a-z0-9_]+\]/ && ins {print; exit 0}
ins

as one-liner :) I do not understand the demand for one-liners but here it is:

awk 'BEGIN {ins=0} /^\[begin [a-z0-9_]+\]/ {beg=$0; getline; if($0 ~ /^header=7075\|/) {print beg; ins=1}} /^\[end [a-z0-9_]+\]/ && ins {print; exit 0} ins'

The advantage of the programs in this answer is that they process the input line-by-line as is usual in Unix utilities. This makes the program to be able to process very log sections without extreme memory demands and allows the program to run in parallel (on multi-core CPUs) with other programs in a pipe.

Answer 2

Bash script

#!/bin/bash

section=""
insect=0
while read line
    do if [ "$insect" -eq "1" ] || [ "x$(echo -e $line | grep '\[begin')" != "x" ]; then
        insect=1
        section="${section}${line}\n"
    else
        continue
    fi
    if [ "x$(echo -e $line | grep '\[end')" != "x" ]; then
        if [ "x$(echo -e $section | grep 'header=7075')" != "x" ]; then
            echo -e "$section"
        fi
        section=""
        insect=0
    fi
done < OutpdirImpressions.log

Python script

(better performance than bash)

#!/usr/bin/env python

section = ''
insect = False
with open('OutpdirImpressions.log', 'r') as f:
    while True:
        line = f.readline()
        if line == '':
            break
        if insect or line.startswith('[begin'):
            insect = True
            section += line
        else:
            continue
        if line.startswith('[end'):
            if 'header=7075' in section:
                print(section)
            section = ''
            insect = False

Answer 3

I am not sure if this answers your question at all, i.e. whether you are interested in 'whatever works' or much rather in awk-specific answer, but it seemed to me you want a oneliner (not that these examples are very wieldy):

python3 -c "import re; print(*[rec for rec in re.findall('(?ms)\[begin.*?(?=\[begin|\Z)', open('OutpdirImpressions.log.2013-09-02').read()) if 'header=7075' in rec])"

and for Python 2.6 or 2.7 (no 'star' unpacking for all I remember):

python -c "import re; print([rec for rec in re.findall('(?ms)\[begin.*?(?=\[begin|\Z)', open('OutpdirImpressions.log.2013-09-02').read()) if 'header=7075' in rec][0])"

Answer 4

found the one liner solution for the same:-

awk '$1=="[end"{p=0}/^header=7075/{p=1}p' file

or sed '/^\[end/G' input.txt | awk -vRS='' '/header=7075/'

both servers the purpose