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    Thanks for answering, the problem is that I need to keep only the strings that are present in all the files, let's say if it is present in 9 files over 10 it has to be discarded. Commented Sep 25, 2015 at 15:35
  • @Eleonora sorry about that, try the updated answer. Commented Sep 25, 2015 at 15:52
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    rev's definitely not needed here: sed '/^[[:blank:]]\{1,\}20 /!d;//s///' Commented Sep 25, 2015 at 16:30
  • @don_crissti I find the two revs clearer and simpler. Commented Sep 25, 2015 at 17:24
  • @Terdon thank you very much, this is exactly what I needed. It works perfectly. Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 7:02