File search using regex

[Thomas Sprinkmeier]

On 4/18/07, Chris Organ <chrisorgan at adam.com.au> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Wondering if someone can assist with regex searches using perl / grep / anything command line. I have lost a severe amount of hair looking for a multi-line search based on exact pattern matching. What I need to do is find this exact header within files within a directory and list them, similar output to using grep -l  ie a list.
>
> The test I am searching for is (exactly, including LF) is the following 4 lines:
>
> !D2
> Invoice
> !C
> AUSTALIA EIGHT
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> Chris

try the attached perl script.
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