Sorry; I can't answer your question because I can't understand it. Let me try to show you how I think you might ask.

I have the following input data:

Input:
block1 start hehu7 gjwsdh hsjdhj remove hjhsj 
jdkwj hwjdhjwh end block2 start crgr hjdhwjd 
wjdkwj wkjw g hjhd end

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I want to remove the string that starts with 'start', includes 'remove', and ends with 'end':

Output:
block1  block2 start crgr hjdhwjd 
wjdkwj wkjw g hjhd end

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Of course this may not be what you want at all. Why not try to be a bit more explicit and we'll see what we can do to help?

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In reply to Re: how to remove block of data from file based on string by Xiong
in thread how to remove block of data from file based on string by royalreddy

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