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Also the data for each field would be split across multiple lines. So your solution of print;getline; won't work. There is no way of knowing how many lines the data would span.

No, I don't know for which record I would need to insert the missing field.

I know the order of fields in a record.
So if any field is missing in a record, insert it at an appropriate place in...

I have a variant of the same question. I have been searching across number of threads, but it has not been covered, apparently.

Any input and explanation of the same would be helpful.
Sample...

I am also trying to achieve this output, but I have failed with various sed solutions that I have tried.
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SAMPLE INPUT
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Name: ABCD
Address: ABCD...

cfajohnson, your solution removed all the blank lines......
summer_cherry: I tried playing around with your solution. It came closest to what I am looking for, but I guess my requirements are a...

Sample input (line feed indicated by [LF])
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The red fox jumped [LF]
over the brown fence of the [LF]
red hous [LF]
[LF]
[LF]
[LF]
He then went into the[LF]
orchard[LF]
[LF]
...

I would appreciate if any one could give a handy one-liner in sed/awk to insert a line between two lines if and only if a condition is NOT fulfilled

sample input record:
*field* 1
*field* 2...

Here's the sample input data. There are 2 records delimited by *RECORD*.
I want to extract data in the *FIELD* <fieldName>
...

Hi
I have a file in the foll. format
*RECORD*
*FIELD NO*
.......
.......
*FIELD TX*
Data
*FIELD AV*
Data
*FIELD RF*


*RECORD*
*FIELD NO*
.......
.......
*FIELD TX*
Data
*FIELD RF*

i have file in the following format
*RECORD*
*FIELD NO*
123456
*FIELD TX*
this is a sample entry
*FIELD SA*
See Also
*FIELD RF*
References
*FIELD CS*
Clinical Symptoms
*FIELD AV*
Allelic...