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Old 06-24-2008
Find pattern in a file and erase it
Hello,

I'd like to find pattern in a file and erase line containing that pattern and 2 lines below that pattern. I know how to find pattern with grep -r pattern and erase line containing that pattern, but can't figure out the rest, how to erase 2 lines below that pattern line. Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance
# 2  
Old 06-24-2008
one way:
Code:
 awk '{if ($0 ~/pattern/) {getline; getline; continue}
            else print }'  old.txt > new.txt

# 3  
Old 06-24-2008
it would be awesome if it worked I get some kind of error "awk: (FILENAME=old.txt FNR=126) fatal: `continue' outside a loop is not allowed" any help ? thank you
# 4  
Old 06-25-2008
My bad - you want 'next', not continue.
# 5  
Old 06-25-2008
its ok jim I found solution elsewhere but thank you anyways Smilie
Code:
sed -i.bak '/pattern/{N;N;d;}' file

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