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Delete multiple lines between blank lines containing two patterns

Hi all,

I'm looking for a way (sed or awk) to delete multiple lines between blank lines containing two patterns ex:

Code:
user: alpha
parameter_1 = 15
parameter_2 = 1
parameter_3 = 0

user: alpha
parameter_1 = 15
parameter_2 = 1
parameter_3 = 0

user: alpha
parameter_1 = 16
parameter_2 = 0
parameter_3 = 1

user: beta
parameter_1 = 15
parameter_2 = 1
parameter_3 = 0

.

I want to delete the paragraph containing the same user and the same parameter_1, in the exemple: user=alpha and parameter_1=15 . The expected result should be:
Code:
user: alpha
parameter_1 = 15
parameter_2 = 1
parameter_3 = 0

user: alpha
parameter_1 = 16
parameter_2 = 0
parameter_3 = 1

user: beta
parameter_1 = 15
parameter_2 = 1
parameter_3 = 0

.

 

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ximtoppm(1)						      General Commands Manual						       ximtoppm(1)

NAME
ximtoppm - convert an Xim file into a portable pixmap SYNOPSIS
ximtoppm [--alphaout={alpha-filename,-}] [ximfile] DESCRIPTION
Reads an Xim file as input. Produces a portable pixmap as output. The Xim toolkit is included in the contrib tree of the X.V11R4 release. OPTIONS
--alphaout=alpha-filename ximtoppm creates a PGM (portable graymap) file containing the alpha channel values in the input image. If the input image doesn't contain an alpha channel, the alpha-filename file contains all zero (transparent) alpha values. If you don't specify --alphaout, ximtoppm does not generate an alpha file, and if the input image has an alpha channel, ximtoppm simply discards it. If you specify - as the filename, ximtoppm writes the alpha output to Standard Output and discards the image. Actually, an Xim image can contain an arbitrary fourth channel -- it need not be an Alpha channel. ximtoppm extracts any fourth channel it finds as described above; it doesn't matter if it is an alpha channel or not. See pnmcomp(1) for one way to use the alpha output file. All options can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix. SEE ALSO
pnmcomp(1), ppm(5) AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer. April 2, 2000 ximtoppm(1)
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