Move few lines after a pattern match to another position (just before another match) in shell












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I have a file with



AAA



BBB



CCC



DDD



EEE



FFF



ABAB



ACAC



GGG



HHH



I want to shift 2 lines after match ABAB to just before DDD. So, the modified file would look like:
AAA



BBB



CCC



ABAB



ACAC



DDD



EEE



FFF



GGG



HHH



Looking for some cool way to handle this preferably using sed.










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    Giving an example to explain the problem.
    I have a file with



    AAA



    BBB



    CCC



    DDD



    EEE



    FFF



    ABAB



    ACAC



    GGG



    HHH



    I want to shift 2 lines after match ABAB to just before DDD. So, the modified file would look like:
    AAA



    BBB



    CCC



    ABAB



    ACAC



    DDD



    EEE



    FFF



    GGG



    HHH



    Looking for some cool way to handle this preferably using sed.










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      Giving an example to explain the problem.
      I have a file with



      AAA



      BBB



      CCC



      DDD



      EEE



      FFF



      ABAB



      ACAC



      GGG



      HHH



      I want to shift 2 lines after match ABAB to just before DDD. So, the modified file would look like:
      AAA



      BBB



      CCC



      ABAB



      ACAC



      DDD



      EEE



      FFF



      GGG



      HHH



      Looking for some cool way to handle this preferably using sed.










      share|improve this question














      Giving an example to explain the problem.
      I have a file with



      AAA



      BBB



      CCC



      DDD



      EEE



      FFF



      ABAB



      ACAC



      GGG



      HHH



      I want to shift 2 lines after match ABAB to just before DDD. So, the modified file would look like:
      AAA



      BBB



      CCC



      ABAB



      ACAC



      DDD



      EEE



      FFF



      GGG



      HHH



      Looking for some cool way to handle this preferably using sed.







      sed






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