...{++f}
{if(f) print}
' inputfile > esl.out
but, like I said, this one gives all the lines from 03/12/01. I would like to get the ones that has ** in it.
Also, in another script, how could I pass a date range to extract data. like from 03/12/01 to 03/12/02 or even 03/12/01 to 03/12/01.
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