rahulruns,
It is deleting all the lines with procs...

WHICH?, your actual code or the codes I presented in Re: Removing matched pattern except the first pattern.
Maybe, you need to check your data and how you implemented the code given.
The output of the code presented perviously is:

procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- --- +--cpu----- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us s +y id wa st 0 0 0 50101200 234628 9636240 0 0 0 34 10782 6802 + 1 1 98 0 0 1 0 0 50102044 234628 9636276 0 0 0 96 8630 6980 +1 1 98 0 0 1 0 0 50113020 234628 9626112 0 0 0 3092 13393 10324 + 3 1 96 0 0 1 0 0 50111244 234628 9628188 0 0 0 1540 10106 8874 + 2 1 97 0 0 0 0 0 50111256 234628 9628228 0 0 0 0 8674 6961 +1 1 98 0 0 0 0 0 50109884 234628 9628228 0 0 0 280 11290 7593 + 1 1 97 0 0 0 0 0 50110672 234628 9628264 0 0 0 16 8886 7301 +1 1 98 0 0 1 0 0 50110708 234628 9628268 0 0 0 40 11285 6833 + 1 1 98 0 0 0 0 0 50101200 234628 9636240 0 0 0 34 10782 6802 + 1 1 98 0 0 1 0 0 50102044 234628 9636276 0 0 0 96 8630 6980 +1 1 98 0 0 1 0 0 50113020 234628 9626112 0 0 0 3092 13393 10324 + 3 1 96 0 0 1 0 0 50111244 234628 9628188 0 0 0 1540 10106 8874 + 2 1 97 0 0 0 0 0 50111256 234628 9628228 0 0 0 0 8674 6961 +1 1 98 0 0 0 0 0 50111256 234628 9628228 0 0 0 0 8674 6961 +1 1 98 0 0 0 0 0 50109884 234628 9628228 0 0 0 280 11290 7593 + 1 1 97 0 0 0 0 0 50110672 234628 9628264 0 0 0 16 8886 7301 +1 1 98 0 0 1 0 0 50110708 234628 9628268 0 0 0 40 11285 6833 + 1 1 98 0 0
Please, try it yourself TIY.

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In reply to Re^3: Removing matched pattern except the first pattern by 2teez
in thread Removing matched pattern except the first pattern by rahulruns

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