Cool commands to find / extract info from files - Get the content from SEQUENCEA to SEQUENCEB in a file\\ Example, a file can contain multiple occurrence of resource { Name = XXXXXX Run = XXXXX } Here SEQUENCEA is 'resource {' and SEQUENCEB is '}' \\ You need to do: sed -n -e '/SEQUENCEA/,/SEQUENCEB/ p' File Example: sed -n -e '/resource {/,/}/ p' resource.conf will display: Schedule { Name = AAAAA Run = AAAAA } Schedule { Name = BBBBB Run = BBBBB } […] - Grep with OR operator grep 'pattern1\|pattern2' filetogrep you can include regexp\\ References: * http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/10/grep-or-and-not-operators/ * http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grep-regular-expressions/ - Next