Sed : print all lines after match

Question

I got my research result after using sed :

zcat file* | sed -e \'s/.*text=\\(.*\\)status=[^/]*/\\1/\' | cut -f 1 - | grep \"pattern\"
         


        

Answer 1

Maybe this is what you actually want? Find lines matching "pattern" and extract the field after text= up through just before status=?

zcat file* | sed -e '/pattern/s/.*text=\(.*\)status=[^/]*/\1/'

You are not revealing what pattern actually is -- if it's a variable, you cannot use single quotes around it.

Notice that \(.*\)status=[^/]* would match up through survstatus=new in your example. That is probably not what you want? There doesn't seem to be a status= followed by a slash anywhere -- you really should explain in more detail what you are actually trying to accomplish.

Your question title says "all line after a match" so perhaps you want everything after text=? Then that's simply

sed 's/.*text=//'

i.e. replace up through text= with nothing, and keep the rest. (I trust you can figure out how to change the surrounding script into zcat file* | sed '/pattern/s/.*text=//' ... oops, maybe my trust failed.)