I have a fat file which contains something like this:
************************************************
***********************************************
I want to delete the every HOME block from the file along with its (block's) contents.[There are other similar blocks which don't start with HOME and I want to retain them]
So that my output file changes to:
**********************************************
**********************************************
Any help using sed/awk etc. [any unix thing] will be appreciated.
Lot of thanx in advance
Last edited by joeyg; 06-01-2012 at 11:40 AM..
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Are you removing rows with certain special characters?
; ( )
That might make it easy for a grep -v command?
Not really, Actually the file contains many other blocks similar to HOME, just instead of HOME they begin with OFFICE. Those blocks again contain similar special characters , however I dont wish to delete the OFFICE block.
I just wish to delete the content of block HOME (....)
Hope I have explained myself clearly.
Thanks for quick reply
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