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I need to get something like this

#Batch Job - AB1234
texts
texts
texts
texts
texts
#--------

I used 

awk '/#Batch Job.*AB1234/,/#--.*/' filename

and i went well.

But then when I tried to parameterize the AB1234, using this script, I failed. Help? 

BATCHJOBNAME=AB1234
awk -v batchjobname=$BATCHJOBNAME '
  /#Batch.*/ { f=1 ; m=0 ; res="" }
  f { res = res $0 ORS }
  f && /Job.*/ && index($2,batchjobname) > 0 { m=1 ;}
  /<#--.*>/ { f=0 ; if (m) print res ; }
 ' filename
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Have you try to remove spaces on variable assignment? BATCHJOBNAME=AB1234 –  Romeo Ninov Jun 9 at 7:48
    
Just a typo in transposition. I edited it now thanks @Romeo –  Philip Morris Jun 9 at 7:53
    
What about awk -v batchjobname=AB1234 '$0~batchjobname,/#--.*/' filename ? –  FloHimself Jun 9 at 7:55
    
I personally have problem to understand the logic and what you expect as result. Can you please clarify? –  Romeo Ninov Jun 9 at 7:55
    
@FloHimself it's printing right but Im having an error –  Philip Morris Jun 9 at 8:08

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Try this:

BATCH=AB1234
awk -v batch="#Batch Job.*${BATCH}" '($0 ~ batch),/#--.*/' filename
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It's good when AB1234 is hardcoded but when I use $BATCHJOBNAME, it is failing. I am getting my parameters from a .properties file so I cannot hardcode it –  Philip Morris Jun 9 at 8:18
    
@PhilipMorris awk -v batchjobname="#Batch Job.*$BATCHJOBNAME" .... Just make sure to keep it a valid regexp. –  lcd047 Jun 9 at 8:22
    
I tried that. It failed –  Philip Morris Jun 9 at 8:22
    
@PhilipMorris Try understanding it first. Ok, I edited my answer. –  lcd047 Jun 9 at 8:23
    
I am having errors when I run it the second time. It is good when ran the first time. Why is that –  Philip Morris Jun 9 at 10:18

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