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Sorry, my bad:

awk -F';' '
FNR==NR { if (/This is the last line of the page/) total++;next}
/This is the last line of the page/{printf("%s\nPage No:%d of %d\n", $0, ++page, total);next}1'...

textfile1 textfile1 > textfile12
we're parsing input file testfile1 TWICE: one for calculating the total number of pages AND second for inserting the No:N of M
For teh missing numberings for the...

Ah, ok.
How 'bout:

FNR== NR && /This is the last line of the page/{ total++;next}
/This is the last line of the page/{printf("%s\nPage No:%d of %d\n", $0, ++page, total);next}1' textfile1 ...

# when a string "This is last..." is found, print the CURRENT page count (page) incremented by 1 (++) and the total # of pages (total)
/This is the last line of the page/{printf("Page No:%d of...

Hmmm... I don't quite understand the code and this is NOT what I meant...


awk -F';' '

FNR== NR && /This is the last line of the page/{ total++;next}
/This is the last line of the...

process the file twice: first for calculating the total, and the second to print your summary.