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Originally Posted by Franklin52

Try this:

Code:

awk '/^mobile: /{
print; getline; print "o: Torry arris Business Solutions"
if(substr($1,1,2) == "o:"){next}
}1' file

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What does 1 signifies here.

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awk evaluates after the last close brace the 1 as true and the prints the entire line by default.

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