Need help parsing a text file

Shell Programming and Scripting
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I have a text file:

router1#sh ip blah blah | incl ---
 Gi2/8            10.60.4.181      ---              10.60.123.175   11 0000 0000   355K
 Gi2/8            10.60.83.28      ---              224.10.10.26    11 F9FF 3840   154K
 Gi2/8            10.60.83.198     ---              224.10.10.26    11 0000 0000    84K
 Gi2/8            10.60.83.198     ---              224.10.10.26    11 8E38 3840    77K
 Gi2/8            10.60.81.133     ---              224.10.10.36    11 0000 0000    72K
 Vl332            10.29.29.238     ---              10.60.125.75    06 1296 0016    50K
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
router1#exit

asdfasdfasf
asfasdffffffff23234234
asdfasdfsf
wwwwwwwwwwe4534523452345345235 asdf

router2#sh ip blah blah | incl ---
 Vl280            10.60.83.28      ---              224.10.10.26    11 F9FF 3840   212K
 Vl280            10.60.83.198     ---              224.10.10.26    11 8E38 3840   135K
 Vl280            10.60.83.198     ---              224.10.10.26    11 0000 0000   130K
 Vl280            10.60.81.133     ---              224.10.10.36    11 0000 0000   130K
 Vl280            10.60.82.173     ---              224.10.10.51    11 0000 0000   116K
 Vl280            10.60.82.173     ---              224.10.10.51    11 E5DC 3840    52K
 Vl280            10.60.83.1       ---              224.10.10.40    11 E350 3840    42K
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
router2#exit

asdfasdfa
asdfjl;as3802384
crap blah blah

I basically want the following output:

router1#sh ip blah blah | incl ---
 Gi2/8            10.60.4.181      ---              10.60.123.175   11 0000 0000   355K
 Gi2/8            10.60.83.28      ---              224.10.10.26    11 F9FF 3840   154K
 Gi2/8            10.60.83.198     ---              224.10.10.26    11 0000 0000    84K
 Gi2/8            10.60.83.198     ---              224.10.10.26    11 8E38 3840    77K
 Gi2/8            10.60.81.133     ---              224.10.10.36    11 0000 0000    72K
 Vl332            10.29.29.238     ---              10.60.125.75    06 1296 0016    50K
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
router2#sh ip blah blah | incl ---
 Vl280            10.60.83.28      ---              224.10.10.26    11 F9FF 3840   212K
 Vl280            10.60.83.198     ---              224.10.10.26    11 8E38 3840   135K
 Vl280            10.60.83.198     ---              224.10.10.26    11 0000 0000   130K
 Vl280            10.60.81.133     ---              224.10.10.36    11 0000 0000   130K
 Vl280            10.60.82.173     ---              224.10.10.51    11 0000 0000   116K
 Vl280            10.60.82.173     ---              224.10.10.51    11 E5DC 3840    52K
 Vl280            10.60.83.1       ---              224.10.10.40    11 E350 3840    42K
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm more comfortable with bash and awk, but if its a ton easier in perl, I would like to know how to go about this.

Thanks

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awk '  /^router/ {p=1}
         /exit$/ {p=0}
         { if(p){ print $0}} ' textfile > newfile

Try something like this