[SOLVED] Analyze logs. How to filter by referce number

Issue

I have got following log.txt

log 1111 xyzqwe
log 1111 xyzrty
aaa
bbb
ccc
ttt
log 2222 xyzuio
log 1111 xyzopa
iii
uuu
yyy
log 1111 xyzsdf
log 2222 xyzghj
aaa
ddd
log 2222 xyzklz
log 1111 xyzxcv
ffff
log 2222 xyzbnm
log 1111 xyzert
log 1111 xyzuyt

I need to get following results.

for reference 1111 

log 1111 xyzqwe
log 1111 xyzrty
aaa
bbb
ccc
ttt
log 1111 xyzopa
iii
uuu
yyy
log 1111 xyzsdf
log 1111 xyzxcv
ffff
log 1111 xyzert
log 1111 xyzuyt

for reference 2222

log 2222 xyzuio
log 2222 xyzghj
aaa
ddd
log 2222 xyzklz
log 2222 xyzbnm

How can I fix it by python|bash|grep|awk?

Solution

Here's a solution using awk which saves the scope (interpreted as second word in a line that starts with log ), and compares it to the reference (provided as argument using the -v option):

awk -v ref=1111 '/^log / {scope = $2} ref == scope' log.txt

log 1111 xyzqwe
log 1111 xyzrty
aaa
bbb
ccc
ttt
log 1111 xyzopa
iii
uuu
yyy
log 1111 xyzsdf
log 1111 xyzxcv
ffff
log 1111 xyzert
log 1111 xyzuyt

---

Here's the very same approach, rewritten in bash:

ref=1111
while read -r line
do
  read -r cmd id _ <<< "$line"
  [[ "$cmd" == log ]] && scope="$id"
  [[ "$ref" == "$scope" ]] && printf '%s\n' "$line"
done < log.txt

Answered By - pmf

Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (WPSolving Admin)