Greetings,
I need to perform a search and replace in a file that has delimiters START and END.
START and END could be on separate lines or the same line.
In addition, if the pattern between START and END has a word with a \ in front of it, for e.g,

START This is the line I need to \change END

then the search and replace do not apply to \change.
Let me provide an example. Let the name of the file be filein, which contains -

I am IntErEsted in making changes to the following lines.
However, START thE chAnges mUst bE \CME madE hErE. END
There may be cases whErE
START chAngEs nEEd to be mAdE hErE
tOO. END

In the above paragraph, I need to do a search and replace in between START and END.
What I am looking for is

I am IntErEsted in making changes to the following lines.
However, START the changes must be \CME made here. END
There may be cases whErE
START changes need to be made here
too. END

Thank you in advance for your help.
eskay

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