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Old 24th June 2008
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Default Find pattern in a file and erase it

Hello,

I'd like to find pattern in a file and erase line containing that pattern and 2 lines below that pattern. I know how to find pattern with grep -r pattern and erase line containing that pattern, but can't figure out the rest, how to erase 2 lines below that pattern line. Any suggestions?

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sed -n '/pattern/{N;N;d;}' input.file


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Thank you for your answer : But the file stays unchanged

sed -n '/ptrisn.com/{N;N;d;}' named.conf

I've google something out but still can't get it working
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awk '{if ($0 ~/pattern/) {getline; getline; continue}
            else print }'  old.txt > new.txt
I get this error from awk "awk: (FILENAME=old.txt FNR=126) fatal: `continue' outside a loop is not allowed"
anymore hints ?
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sed -i.bak '/ptrisn.com/{N;N;d;}' named.conf

or

perl -i.bak -pe 'if(/ptrisn.com/){<>;<>;$_=undef}' named.conf

btw, lvlamb's sed command is pretty neat.

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ephemera you're the king as always you give correct answers to my questions, your the best. tnx
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re: file remains unchanged.
Never heard of directing the input to anoter file,
or modify in place?

I deleted 4 letters in my post, unfortunately they seem to be needed.
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lvlamb, the reason it wasn't working is because of the '-d' option which isn't required in this case.
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the -n flag, not -d

Right. I tested with the print function {...;p;} and did not re-re-checked with the delete {...;d
You win

Note that, RTFM should have told why.

Anyway, I learned the use of braces.
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You win
Hmm, i can see both of you are making fun of me
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