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--- awk:display_line_after_the_matching_string [2020/09/23 16:12] – created 192.168.1.1
+++ awk:display_line_after_the_matching_string [2021/01/06 17:04] (current) – [AWK - Display line after the matching string] peter
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 </code>
+----
+====== Example ======
+Assuming a file, **test.txt**, exists with the following contents:
+<file>
+   Peter     Terence   Roux        45
+   Virginia  Genevieve  Roux        45
+   Felix     Devon     Roux         5
+   David     Bruce     Stevenson   48
+   Bob       James     Smith       16
+   Adam      Winter    Ridley      23
+</file>
+Running
+<code bash>
+awk '/Peter/{getline; print}' test.txt
+</code>
+returns:
+<code bash>
+   Virginia  Genevive  Roux        45
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  This simply returns the next line after the search string of **Peter**.
+</WRAP>
+----
+Running
+<code bash>
+awk '/Roux/{getline; print}' test.txt
+</code>
+returns:
+<code bash>
+   Virginia  Genevieve  Roux       45
+   David     Bruce     Stevenson   48
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  This finds the search string **Roux** in row 10, so it includes the next row 11 in the result; even though row 11 also contains the same search string.
+It then proceeds with row 12 which also contains the search string **Roux**, so it includes row 13 in the results.
+No further rows contain the search string so nothing else is added to the result.
+</WRAP>
+----
+Running
+<code bash>
+awk '/4/{getline; print}' test.txt
+</code>
+returns:
+<code bash>
+   Virginia  Genevieve  Roux       45
+   Bob       James     Smith       16
+   Adam      Winter    Ridley      23
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  This finds the search string **4** in row 10, so it includes the next row 11 in the result; even though row 11 also contains the same search string.
+It then proceeds from row 12.  It does not find the search string **4**, so moves to row 13.
+In row 13 it finds the search string **4**, so it includes the next row 14 in the results; even though row 14 also contains the same search string.
+It then proceeds from row 15.
+The last row contains the search string; and as there is no other row below that can be added to the result; the last row itself is added.  Possibly a bug?
+</WRAP>
+----