Hi, i have a file with different types of records in it in following format:
I need to extract all the records that have var2 = 3 into
different file and delte them from existing one. I know that every record that has var2 = 3 is 11 lines long.
So every time i find var2 = 3 i need to get one line before (record header) and next 10 lines into new file, and delete them from original file.
Please help :)
<Rec 1>
var2 = 5
some text
some text
some text
some text
</Rec 1>
<rec 2>
var2 = 3
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
</Rec 2>
<Rec 3>
var2 = 7
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
</Rec 3>
<rec 4>
var2 = 3
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
</Rec 4>
so output from this data would be
file_1
<Rec 1>
var2 = 5
some text
some text
some text
some text
</Rec 1>
<Rec 3>
var2 = 7
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
</Rec 3>
file_2
<rec 2>
var2 = 3
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
</Rec 2>
<rec 4>
var2 = 3
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
some text
</Rec 4>

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