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nawk 'c && !--c {print (($0 ~/(alter|insert)/)? ORS: OFS) $0;next};/update/{c=1;printf $0;next}1' myFile
Perfect, thanks so much. I have learnt a lot. So fast answering too.. thousand times thank you.
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given your algorithm and a sample input file provided, I get:
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update <something><something>
insert into <something><something>
update <something><something>
update <something><something>
not sure how you arrived at your output.....
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