#!/bin/bash awk ' BEGIN{ flag = 0; cont1 = 1; cont2 = 1; } { if($1 == "Scores") flag = 1; if($1 == "Parsed") flag = 2; if($1 == "Alignments") flag = 3; if(flag == 1 && cont1 != 10){ for(i = 0;i < NF;i++) printf("%s",$i); printf("\n"); cont1++; } if(flag == 2 && cont2 != 10){ for(i = 0;i < NF;i++) printf("%s",$i); printf("\n"); cont2++; } }'