How would I mix patterns and numeric ranges in sed (or any similar tool – awk for example)? What I want to do is match certain lines in a file, and delete the next n lines before proceeding, and I want to do that as part of a pipeline.
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How would I mix patterns and numeric ranges in sed (or any similar tool – awk for example)? What I want to do is match certain lines in a file, and delete the next n lines before proceeding, and I want to do that as part of a pipeline.
I’ll have a go at this.
To delete 5 lines after a pattern (including the line with the pattern):
To delete 5 lines after a pattern (excluding the line with the pattern):