Re: [Sheflug] RE: [linux-users] Replacing a block of text in a file with text

[Matthew Collins <matthew [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 04:23:19PM +0100, Ted Harding wrote:
> 
> $ cat test.in | awk '{print $0} ; /zmatrix angstrom/{exit}' > output.txt
> $ cat basis.txt >> output.txt
> $ echo "end" >> output.txt
> 

What about for a test.in file of

Keep this
zmatrix angstrom
Get rid of this
end
Keep this as well



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