Well,
#!/bin/sh
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echo MARK >> oldfile
echo >> oldfile
touch newfile
while read line do
if [[ "$line" =~ "MARKER" ]]; then
break
fi
echo $line >> newfile
done < oldfile
sed -i 'N;/\([[:alnum:]]\+\)/,/MARKER/d' oldfile
I guess this will work fine, make a try.
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### Jordan Linux Users Group ###
http://Jolug.org/
http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug
### Ubuntu Jordan LoCo Team ###
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JordanTeam
http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-jo
### Ojuba Linux ###
http://ojuba.org/
### Jordan PHP ###
http://groups.google.com/group/JoPHP
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