grep syntax help

[Big Dave]

Let's say I have a file that contains ordered pairs of data.
Example..
-10 -10
-10 -9
...
10 9
10 10

If I want to grep out a portion of this file, say from -5 -5 to 5 5, I would use grep but I am returning extra data such as -5 6 which is outside of my search. Here is the code I have but I could use some help with my grep term.

#!/bin/bash
for ((x=-5; x<=5; x++))
  do
   for ((y=-5; y<=5; y++))
     do
      grep -- "$x $y" file
     done
  done

Has anyone seen a problem like this before?
Thanks.

[lee1210]

If I wanted to do this, I'd probably try awk. Just have a rangeStarted that starts false, and for each line see if you're looking at the starting value. If so, set hasStarted to true and print. Once you've found the end you can set rangeStarted back to false or just use exit to quit.

-Lee

[willieva]

Or even more simply:
cat file | awk '($1 <= 5 && $1 >= -5) && ($2 <=5 && $2 >= -5){print $0}'

[Big Dave]

Originally Posted by willieva

Or even more simply:
cat file | awk '($1 <= 5 && $1 >= -5) && ($2 <=5 && $2 >= -5){print $0}'

This works really well. Thank you for your help!

[lee1210]

Unfortunately, the logic is more complex. If $1 is between -4 and 4, print. If $1 is -5 and $2 is >= -5, print. If $1 is 5 and $2 is <= 5, print. Doing it based on a range seemed like less code.

-Lee

Edit: The OP said it worked... So good news. I'd expect you wouldn't get -4 8, 3 10, etc. but maybe I'm misreading.