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Removing a block of duplicate lines from a file

Hi all,

I have a file with the data

Code:
1  abc
2  123
3  ;
4  rao
5  bell
6  ;
7  call
8  abc
9  123
10 ;
11 rao
12 bell
13 ;

I want remove the lines from 8 to 13 which are the repetion of the lines 1 to 6.

When i use the below command, one of semicolon (Smilie in the first 6 lines is also getting deleted which shouldn't.

Code:
sort myfile | uniq

But I need an ouput as
Code:
 
abc
2 123
3 ;
4 rao
5 bell
6 ;
7 call

Please help me with this..

Thanks alot!!

Regards,
Sreenivas
 
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