Remove multi lines non-greedy I have a log file that contains many lines, such as: 2015-xx-yy bla bla 2015-11-09 23:59:18.167 Describe FOO dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy "BAR" 2015-xx-yy foo foo 2015-xx-yy bar bar 2015-xx-yy hello world logged bla bla 2015-11-09 23:59:18.169 Describe FOO dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy "BAR" How to remove the lines from `FOO` to `BAR` so only other lines remains: 2015-xx-yy bla bla 2015-xx-yy foo foo 2015-xx-yy bar bar 2015-xx-yy hello world logged bla bla What text editor or program that can easily do this?

One way with `sed`:


sed -e '/FOO/,/BAR/d'