title: how to remove text block (pattern) from a file with sed/awk
body: <p>I have thousands of text files that I have imported that contain a piece of text that I would like to remove.</p>
  
  <p>It is not just a block of text but a pattern.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;!--
  # Translator(s):
  #
  # username1 &lt;email1&gt;
  # username2 &lt;email2&gt;
  # usernameN &lt;emailN&gt;
  #
  --&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The block if it appears it will have 1 or more users being listed with their email addresses.</p>