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I'll try to explain the script.

Code:

func buildrec() {
  if (match($0, />[^<]*<\//))
    rec = length(rec) ? rec OFS substr($0, RSTART + 1, RLENGTH - 3) : \
      substr($0, RSTART + 1, RLENGTH - 3)

buildrec is a user defined function that I used to avoid to repeat the same code for every match.
The function doesn't require parameters as it directly modifies
the global variable rec.
The function code performs the following actions:
- search for the pattern: an > followd by 0 or more occurrences of characters different than <, followed by the closing tag sequence </,
using the following regular expression: >[^<]*<\/
- when match is found, the value is appended to the variable rec (short for record). RSTART and RLENGTH are automatically set by the match builtin function

After that, the code is simple:

Code:

  /col[1-3,5]/ { buildrec() }
  /<TR class="[^"]*"> *$/ && length(rec) {
    print rec
    rec = x
    }

When the records match the pattern represented by the regular expression col[1-3,5], build the record - append the values.
When the pattern <TR class="[^"]*"> *$ matches for a second time (rec is already build) - print the record and reset it: rec = x.
x is an uninitialized variable, so I'm using it as a shortcut for "".

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colrm

COLRM(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  COLRM(1)

NAME

     colrm -- remove columns from a file

SYNOPSIS

     colrm [start [stop]]

DESCRIPTION

     The colrm utility removes selected columns from the lines of a file.  A column is defined as a single character in a line.  Input is read
     from the standard input.  Output is written to the standard output.

     If only the start column is specified, columns numbered less than the start column will be written.  If both start and stop columns are spec-
     ified, columns numbered less than the start column or greater than the stop column will be written.  Column numbering starts with one, not
     zero.

     Tab characters increment the column count to the next multiple of eight.  Backspace characters decrement the column count by one.

ENVIRONMENT

     The LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE environment variables affect the execution of colrm as described in environ(7).

EXIT STATUS

     The colrm utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     awk(1), column(1), cut(1), paste(1)

HISTORY

     The colrm command appeared in 3.0BSD.

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