Thread: A question for awk gurus :)

let's suppose have file this:

code:

...  foo  ...  bar  ...

where "..." number of lines text. following simple command outputs between "foo" , "bar":

code:

awk '/^foo/{i++;next}/^bar/{exit}i' file

i understand how works. if wanted skip couple of lines after "foo" well? (of course can pipeline tail -n +3 that's not interesting. ;)

i think can use getline read , throw away lines after foo. e.g.:

code:

  awk '/^foo/{i++;getline;getline;next}/^bar/{exit}i' file

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