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I have the string xyz which is a line in file1.txt, I want to copy all the lines after xyz in file1.txt to a new file file2.txt. How can I achieve this?



I know about cat command. But how to specify the starting line?






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    Do you want to include that xyz line or exclude it from being copied ? Also, what happens if you have multiple lines matching xyz ?

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    Possible duplicate of How to print all lines after a match up to the end of the file?

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I have the string xyz which is a line in file1.txt, I want to copy all the lines after xyz in file1.txt to a new file file2.txt. How can I achieve this?



I know about cat command. But how to specify the starting line?






files grep cat file-copy file-transfer







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  • 2





    Do you want to include that xyz line or exclude it from being copied ? Also, what happens if you have multiple lines matching xyz ?

    – don_crissti
    6 hours ago






  • 2





    Possible duplicate of How to print all lines after a match up to the end of the file?

    – Kusalananda
    6 hours ago














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I have the string xyz which is a line in file1.txt, I want to copy all the lines after xyz in file1.txt to a new file file2.txt. How can I achieve this?



I know about cat command. But how to specify the starting line?






files grep cat file-copy file-transfer







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I have the string xyz which is a line in file1.txt, I want to copy all the lines after xyz in file1.txt to a new file file2.txt. How can I achieve this?



I know about cat command. But how to specify the starting line?






files grep cat file-copy file-transfer




files grep cat file-copy file-transfer






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  • 2





    Do you want to include that xyz line or exclude it from being copied ? Also, what happens if you have multiple lines matching xyz ?

    – don_crissti
    6 hours ago






  • 2





    Possible duplicate of How to print all lines after a match up to the end of the file?

    – Kusalananda
    6 hours ago














  • 2





    Do you want to include that xyz line or exclude it from being copied ? Also, what happens if you have multiple lines matching xyz ?

    – don_crissti
    6 hours ago






  • 2





    Possible duplicate of How to print all lines after a match up to the end of the file?

    – Kusalananda
    6 hours ago








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Do you want to include that xyz line or exclude it from being copied ? Also, what happens if you have multiple lines matching xyz ?

– don_crissti
6 hours ago





Do you want to include that xyz line or exclude it from being copied ? Also, what happens if you have multiple lines matching xyz ?

– don_crissti
6 hours ago




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Possible duplicate of How to print all lines after a match up to the end of the file?

– Kusalananda
6 hours ago





Possible duplicate of How to print all lines after a match up to the end of the file?

– Kusalananda
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Using GNU sed



To copy all lines after xyz, try:



sed '0,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt


1,/xyz/ specifies a range of lines starting with the first and ending with the first occurrence of a line matching xyz. d tells sed to delete those lines.



Note: For BSD/MacOS sed, one can use sed '1,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt but this only works if the first appearance of xyz is in the second line or later. (Hat tip: kusalananda.)



Another approach, as suggested by don_crissti, should work for all sed:



{ printf %s\n; cat file1.txt; } | sed '1,/xyz/d' >file2.txt


Example



Consider this test file:



$ cat file1.txt

a

b

xyz

c

d


Run our command:



$ sed '1,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt

$ cat file2.txt

c

d


Using awk



The same logic can used with awk:



awk 'NR==1,/xyz/{next} 1' file1.txt >file2.txt


NR==1,/xyz/{next} tells awk to skip over all lines from the first (NR==1) to the first line matching the regex xyz. 1 tells awk to print any remaining lines.






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  • @John1024 What sed are you using there?

    – Kusalananda
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  • @Kusalananda sed --version returns (GNU sed) 4.4.

    – John1024
    5 hours ago



















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With ed:



ed -s file.txt <<< $'/xyz/+1,$w file2.txt'


This sends one (ranged) command to ed: from the line after (+1) the one containing xyz until the end of the file ($), write those lines to file2.txt.






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    There is also csplit :



    csplit -s file1.txt %xyz%1





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      $ sed -n '/xyz/,$p' file.txt > file2.txt


      With -n we prevent sed to print every line. With $ means end of file end p stands for print line. So /xyz/$p means: If a line matches xyz print it until the end of the file.






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      • This would also print the line matching xyz, not from the line after.

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      Using GNU sed



      To copy all lines after xyz, try:



      sed '0,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt


      1,/xyz/ specifies a range of lines starting with the first and ending with the first occurrence of a line matching xyz. d tells sed to delete those lines.



      Note: For BSD/MacOS sed, one can use sed '1,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt but this only works if the first appearance of xyz is in the second line or later. (Hat tip: kusalananda.)



      Another approach, as suggested by don_crissti, should work for all sed:



      { printf %s\n; cat file1.txt; } | sed '1,/xyz/d' >file2.txt


      Example



      Consider this test file:



      $ cat file1.txt
      
a
      
b
      
xyz
      
c
      
d


      Run our command:



      $ sed '1,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt
      
$ cat file2.txt
      
c
      
d


      Using awk



      The same logic can used with awk:



      awk 'NR==1,/xyz/{next} 1' file1.txt >file2.txt


      NR==1,/xyz/{next} tells awk to skip over all lines from the first (NR==1) to the first line matching the regex xyz. 1 tells awk to print any remaining lines.






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      • @John1024 What sed are you using there?

        – Kusalananda
        5 hours ago











      • @Kusalananda sed --version returns (GNU sed) 4.4.

        – John1024
        5 hours ago
















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      Using GNU sed



      To copy all lines after xyz, try:



      sed '0,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt


      1,/xyz/ specifies a range of lines starting with the first and ending with the first occurrence of a line matching xyz. d tells sed to delete those lines.



      Note: For BSD/MacOS sed, one can use sed '1,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt but this only works if the first appearance of xyz is in the second line or later. (Hat tip: kusalananda.)



      Another approach, as suggested by don_crissti, should work for all sed:



      { printf %s\n; cat file1.txt; } | sed '1,/xyz/d' >file2.txt


      Example



      Consider this test file:



      $ cat file1.txt
      
a
      
b
      
xyz
      
c
      
d


      Run our command:



      $ sed '1,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt
      
$ cat file2.txt
      
c
      
d


      Using awk



      The same logic can used with awk:



      awk 'NR==1,/xyz/{next} 1' file1.txt >file2.txt


      NR==1,/xyz/{next} tells awk to skip over all lines from the first (NR==1) to the first line matching the regex xyz. 1 tells awk to print any remaining lines.






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      • @John1024 What sed are you using there?

        – Kusalananda
        5 hours ago











      • @Kusalananda sed --version returns (GNU sed) 4.4.

        – John1024
        5 hours ago














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      Using GNU sed



      To copy all lines after xyz, try:



      sed '0,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt


      1,/xyz/ specifies a range of lines starting with the first and ending with the first occurrence of a line matching xyz. d tells sed to delete those lines.



      Note: For BSD/MacOS sed, one can use sed '1,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt but this only works if the first appearance of xyz is in the second line or later. (Hat tip: kusalananda.)



      Another approach, as suggested by don_crissti, should work for all sed:



      { printf %s\n; cat file1.txt; } | sed '1,/xyz/d' >file2.txt


      Example



      Consider this test file:



      $ cat file1.txt
      
a
      
b
      
xyz
      
c
      
d


      Run our command:



      $ sed '1,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt
      
$ cat file2.txt
      
c
      
d


      Using awk



      The same logic can used with awk:



      awk 'NR==1,/xyz/{next} 1' file1.txt >file2.txt


      NR==1,/xyz/{next} tells awk to skip over all lines from the first (NR==1) to the first line matching the regex xyz. 1 tells awk to print any remaining lines.






      share|improve this answer















      Using GNU sed



      To copy all lines after xyz, try:



      sed '0,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt


      1,/xyz/ specifies a range of lines starting with the first and ending with the first occurrence of a line matching xyz. d tells sed to delete those lines.



      Note: For BSD/MacOS sed, one can use sed '1,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt but this only works if the first appearance of xyz is in the second line or later. (Hat tip: kusalananda.)



      Another approach, as suggested by don_crissti, should work for all sed:



      { printf %s\n; cat file1.txt; } | sed '1,/xyz/d' >file2.txt


      Example



      Consider this test file:



      $ cat file1.txt
      
a
      
b
      
xyz
      
c
      
d


      Run our command:



      $ sed '1,/xyz/d' file1.txt >file2.txt
      
$ cat file2.txt
      
c
      
d


      Using awk



      The same logic can used with awk:



      awk 'NR==1,/xyz/{next} 1' file1.txt >file2.txt


      NR==1,/xyz/{next} tells awk to skip over all lines from the first (NR==1) to the first line matching the regex xyz. 1 tells awk to print any remaining lines.







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      • @John1024 What sed are you using there?

        – Kusalananda
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      • @Kusalananda sed --version returns (GNU sed) 4.4.

        – John1024
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      • @John1024 What sed are you using there?

        – Kusalananda
        5 hours ago











      • @Kusalananda sed --version returns (GNU sed) 4.4.

        – John1024
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      @John1024 What sed are you using there?

      – Kusalananda
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      @John1024 What sed are you using there?

      – Kusalananda
      5 hours ago













      @Kusalananda sed --version returns (GNU sed) 4.4.

      – John1024
      5 hours ago





      @Kusalananda sed --version returns (GNU sed) 4.4.

      – John1024
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      With ed:



      ed -s file.txt <<< $'/xyz/+1,$w file2.txt'


      This sends one (ranged) command to ed: from the line after (+1) the one containing xyz until the end of the file ($), write those lines to file2.txt.






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        With ed:



        ed -s file.txt <<< $'/xyz/+1,$w file2.txt'


        This sends one (ranged) command to ed: from the line after (+1) the one containing xyz until the end of the file ($), write those lines to file2.txt.






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          With ed:



          ed -s file.txt <<< $'/xyz/+1,$w file2.txt'


          This sends one (ranged) command to ed: from the line after (+1) the one containing xyz until the end of the file ($), write those lines to file2.txt.






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          With ed:



          ed -s file.txt <<< $'/xyz/+1,$w file2.txt'


          This sends one (ranged) command to ed: from the line after (+1) the one containing xyz until the end of the file ($), write those lines to file2.txt.







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              There is also csplit :



              csplit -s file1.txt %xyz%1





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                There is also csplit :



                csplit -s file1.txt %xyz%1





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                  There is also csplit :



                  csplit -s file1.txt %xyz%1





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                  There is also csplit :



                  csplit -s file1.txt %xyz%1






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                      $ sed -n '/xyz/,$p' file.txt > file2.txt


                      With -n we prevent sed to print every line. With $ means end of file end p stands for print line. So /xyz/$p means: If a line matches xyz print it until the end of the file.






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                      • This would also print the line matching xyz, not from the line after.

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                      $ sed -n '/xyz/,$p' file.txt > file2.txt


                      With -n we prevent sed to print every line. With $ means end of file end p stands for print line. So /xyz/$p means: If a line matches xyz print it until the end of the file.






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                      • This would also print the line matching xyz, not from the line after.

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                      $ sed -n '/xyz/,$p' file.txt > file2.txt


                      With -n we prevent sed to print every line. With $ means end of file end p stands for print line. So /xyz/$p means: If a line matches xyz print it until the end of the file.






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                      $ sed -n '/xyz/,$p' file.txt > file2.txt


                      With -n we prevent sed to print every line. With $ means end of file end p stands for print line. So /xyz/$p means: If a line matches xyz print it until the end of the file.







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                      • This would also print the line matching xyz, not from the line after.

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                      • This would also print the line matching xyz, not from the line after.

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                      This would also print the line matching xyz, not from the line after.

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                      This would also print the line matching xyz, not from the line after.

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