remove duplicates within a block in a file..help required - Shell Programming and Scripting

nipun_garg · #1 (**permalink**) 07-22-2008

hi.. i have a file in the following format :-
name-a
age -12
address-123
age-12
phone-22222
============
name-ab
age -11
address-123
age-11
phone-222223
=============
name-abc
age -12
address-1234
age-12
phone-2222223
=============

now the problem is....I want to remove the duplicate age in each record...
how can I do that considering the age can be same for different records too...

Thanks in advance

Franklin52 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-22-2008

Something like this:

Code:

awk '/^address/{print;getline;next}{print}' file

nipun_garg · #3 (**permalink**) 07-23-2008

Thanks man.. it worked perfectly..

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