Hi. I have a file, which looks similar to what I have provided below. I want to extract out CONSECUTIVE lines, which do not have NIL after the '=' sign.

1yxq_SWI_B_600 = c.55.1.1- 1grh_ADW_A_479 = NIL 1fm9_570_D_200 = a.123.1.1- 1ec1_BEE_A_501 = b.50.1.1- 1fm9_570_D_200 = a.123.1.1- 2zmh_NYA_A___1 = a.123.1.1- 1gvh_HQQ_A1398 = a.1.1.2-c.25.1.5- 1v9y_HDQ_A1140 = d.110.3.2- 1mqt_SPL_A_284 = NIL
Thus, I would want the output to look like this:
1fm9_570_D_200 = a.123.1.1- 2zmh_NYA_A___1 = a.123.1.1- 1gvh_HQQ_A1398 = a.1.1.2-c.25.1.5- 1v9y_HDQ_A1140 = d.110.3.2-
Please help. Thanks.

In reply to restricting matching only to consecutive lines by anasuya

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