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# 8  
Old 01-03-2013
Unless I'm missing something, the above scripts seem overly complex. Try:
Code:
awk 'NR % 8 == 1 && NR > 1 {
        # Print an empty line separator between sets of 8 input lines.
        printf("\n")
}       
(NR - 1) % 8 < 5 # Print the 1st 5 lines in each set of 8 input lines. 
' in_file

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# 9  
Old 01-05-2013
sed
Code:
sed -n 'p;n;p;n;p;n;p;n;p;x;p;x;n;n;n'
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