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Removing lines from log file

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zenosan

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I would like to remove all the lines except for the |1751|141| line and |1753|142| line.

|7|126|53874
|7|127|0
|129|128|8 77876 0 0 0 1393542 1280 0 0
|129|130|8 77876 0 0 0 1393542 1280 0 0
|129|132|8 41703 0 0 0 756323 735 0 0

|1751|141|1 |1|85|1|41|47|0|0|0|0|0|0|54|319|667|509|177|54|17|3|1|0|1|0|0|0
|1753|142|1 |1|0|0|20|16|3|7|1048|512|144|80|16|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0

|128|143|9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
|128|144|9 198 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
|128|145|9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
|1819|152|1 |1|0|0|0|0
|1946|157|1 |1|0|0|0
|128|158|9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
|128|159|6 0 0 0 0 0 0

I tried using sed, however, it deleted all lines.
 
I tried using sed, however, it deleted all lines
Which code ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886
 
What about a simple grep?

grep -e '^|1751|141' -e '^|1753|142'


 
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$ awk '$0 ~/1751|141/ || /1753|142/ {print}' data
|1751|141|1 |1|85|1|41|47|0|0|0|0|0|0|54|319|667|509|177|54|17|3|1|0|1|0|0|0
|1753|142|1 |1|0|0|20|16|3|7|1048|512|144|80|16|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0




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