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I have to delete all lines between two pattern match
example- suppose below is the content of the file
then i have to delete all lines between text1 and text2
... text1
abc
def
ghi text2
jkl
mno text1
pqr
xyz text2
...
I only want to remove text between text1 and text2
so the output i want is like this
If I understand you correctly then you want to delete all lines except the ones that contain jkl and mno? Regardless of what's in the two blocks between text1 and text2?
Kind regards,
@MTK358: Take a look at the (edited) in and out examples the OP posted (post #1) and my original output in post #4. I'm assuming/guessing the OP did not fully understand the command I used when (re-)describing the problem it generated.
BTW: I'm also not aware of a sed solution (there's probably one, but the awk solutions posted are the better way to go).
@MTK358: Take a look at the (edited) in and out examples the OP posted (post #1) and my original output in post #4. I'm assuming/guessing the OP did not fully understand the command I used when (re-)describing the problem it generated.
It acted exactly like the OP wanted, except it removed the delimiters. It did not delete between the wrong delimiters, as the OP's post claimed.
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