shell - Awk command to add and delete lines from a block

Question

my input file has blocks like

[abc]  
para1=123  
para2=456  
para3=111  
para4=666

[pqr]  
para1=333    
para2=765    
para3=1345    

[xyz]    
para1=888    
para2=236    

I have two requirements:

1. Add a line to a block, ex: add ???????para4=uiy to block [pqr]
2. To delete a parameter from a block, ex: delete para2=236 from block [xyz]

Please help me how can I achieve this with awk command

Answer 1

Add a param

awk -F"
" '$1~/pqr/{$(NF+1)="para4=uiy"}1' OFS="
" RS= file

If it always adds the last one and you dont know the number you could use

awk -F"
" '$1~/pqr/{$(NF+1)="para"NF"=uiy"}1' OFS="
" RS=

Remove a param

awk -F"
" '$1~/xyz/{gsub(/
para2=236/,"")}1' OFS="
" RS= file