Re^2: SED Question

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In article <1003 at philmds.UUCP> leo at philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) writes:
=I think you'll need a third attempt 8-). It still doesn't handle correct
=a series of lines like 
=
=      PROMPT>
=      PROMPT>
=      >
=      <
=
=or one like
=
=      PROMPT>
=      >
=      PROMPT>
=      >
=      <
=
=Alternative:
=
=sed -n '
=: start
=$p
=$q
=N
=/^PROMPT>\n>\n<$/d
=/\n[^\n]*\n/{
=    P
=    D
=}
=b start'
=
=    Leo.

I think I may have missed a posting or two on this topic.  Could someone
please tell me why the following does not handle the problem:

cat myfile | sed -e '/^PROMPT>$/,/^<$/d'


Many thanks,

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