[ale] extract lines from a log between a specified start and stop time?

[Bob Toxen]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 04:01:14PM -0500, Fletch wrote:
> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert H Gibson <Gibson> writes:

>     Robert> Has anyone seen or written a script that will extract the
>     Robert> lines from a log between a specified start and stop
>     Robert> time/string?

> perl -lne 'print if /start/../end/' foo
Looks like the optimum solution.

One could use awk or sed if one wanted to be old fashioned.

>      Replace `start' and `end' to taste (minding any regex
> metacharacters, of course).
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