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# 1  
Old 10-21-2011
Formatting output

Hi,
I have a file like this
--------------------------
1 aaa xxx 55
--------------------------
1 aaa www 32
--------------------------
2 bbb yyy 11
--------------------------
2 bbb zzz 34
-------------------------
2 bbb ttt 45
---------------------------
.

I need following formatting:
-------------------------
1 aaa xxx 55
www 32
-------------------------
2 bbb yyy 11
bbb zzz 34
bbb ttt 45
-------------------------

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# 2  
Old 10-21-2011
Ok! We will help you, but what have you done so far?
# 3  
Old 10-22-2011
Code:
awk '!/----/{print !a[$1 $2]++?"-----------------\n"$0:$2 FS $3 FS $4}' infile

# 4  
Old 10-29-2011
Unclear what you want

Your example appears to be inconsistent to me. In the case of 1, you remove the www and in the case of 2, you don't. Please explain or do you mean that
--------------------------
1 aaa xxx 55
--------------------------
1 aaa www 32
--------------------------
2 bbb yyy 11
--------------------------
2 bbb zzz 34
-------------------------
2 bbb ttt 45
---------------------------
...
should go to
-------------------------
1 aaa xxx 55
www 32
-------------------------
2 bbb yyy 11
zzz 34
ttt 45
-------------------------

...
or to:
-------------------------
1 aaa xxx 55
aaa www 32
-------------------------
2 bbb yyy 11
bbb zzz 34
bbb ttt 45
-------------------------

---------- Post updated at 03:00 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:00 PM ----------

Your example appears to be inconsistent to me. In the case of 1, you remove the www and in the case of 2, you don't. Please explain or do you mean that
--------------------------
1 aaa xxx 55
--------------------------
1 aaa www 32
--------------------------
2 bbb yyy 11
--------------------------
2 bbb zzz 34
-------------------------
2 bbb ttt 45
---------------------------
...
should go to
-------------------------
1 aaa xxx 55
www 32
-------------------------
2 bbb yyy 11
zzz 34
ttt 45
-------------------------
...
or to:
-------------------------
1 aaa xxx 55
aaa www 32
-------------------------
2 bbb yyy 11
bbb zzz 34
bbb ttt 45
-------------------------
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