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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: sed question
Message-ID: <2287@solo11.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 12 Apr 89 18:19:43 GMT
References: <250001@hpcuhc.HP.COM>
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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smaxwell@hpcuhc.HP.COM (Susan Maxwell) writes:
\        LINE I:    PROMPT>
\        LINE I+1:  >
\        LINE I+2:  <

\Whenever I see this series, I want to delete ALL THREE lines.

sed -n '
	/^PROMPT>$/{
		h
		n
		H
		/^>$/{
			n
			/^<$/b
			H
		}
		g
	}
	p
'
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