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$>gawk -f get_vldb_subset2.awk dblp-03.bib

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$>c:\progra~1\gnuwin32\bin\gawk -f get_vldb_subset.awk dblp-03.bib

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$>c:\progra~1\gnuwin32\bin\gawk -f get_vldb_subset2.awk dblp-03.bib

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$>c:\msys\1.0\bin\gawk -f get_vldb_subset.awk dblp-03.bib | head -n 16
@PROCEEDINGS{conf/vldb/75
  editor = {Douglas S. Kerr},
  publisher = {ACM},
  title = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Very Large Data Bases,
 September 22-24, 1975, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.},
  url = {db/conf/vldb/vldb75.html},
  year = {1975},
}

@PROCEEDINGS{conf/vldb/76
  editor = {Peter C. Lockemann and Erich J. Neuhold},
  isbn = {0-7204-0546-7},
  publisher = {North Holland & IFIP},
  title = {Systems for Large Data Bases, September 8-10, 1976, Brussels, Belgium
.},
  url = {db/conf/vldb/vldb76.html},
  year = {1976},
}

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$>c:\msys\1.0\bin\gawk -f get_vldb_subset2.awk dblp-03.bib | head -n 16
@PROCEEDINGS{conf/vldb/75
  editor = {Douglas S. Kerr},
  publisher = {ACM},
  title = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Very Large Data Bases,
 September 22-24, 1975, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.},
  url = {db/conf/vldb/vldb75.html},
  year = {1975},
}

@PROCEEDINGS{conf/vldb/76
  editor = {Peter C. Lockemann and Erich J. Neuhold},
  isbn = {0-7204-0546-7},
  publisher = {North Holland & IFIP},
  title = {Systems for Large Data Bases, September 8-10, 1976, Brussels, Belgium
.},
  url = {db/conf/vldb/vldb76.html},
  year = {1976},
}

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