I want to find a pattern which is nearest to a specific pattern. Such as I want to print "bbb=" which is under the "yyyy:" (it is the closest line with bbb= to yyyy). It is line 8. line numbers and the order might be changed so it is better not to use line numbers.
root# vi a
"a" 15 lines
1 ## xxxx:
2 aaa=3
3 bbb=4
4 ccc=2
5 ddd=1
6 ## yyyy:
7 aaa=1
8 bbb=0
9 ccc=3
10 ddd=3
11 ## zzzz:
12 aaa=1
13 bbb=1
14 ccc=1
15 ddd=1
Do you have an idea using awk or grep for this purpose?