How can I delete all lines before a specific string from a number of files

Question

I have n files, like:

file1:

1aaa
2eee

Test        XXX
Hanna
Lars 

file2:

1fff
2ffffd
3zzz

Test        XXX
Mike
Charly         


        

Answer 1

This should work for you:

sed -i '1,/Test XXX/d' file1
sed -i '1,/Test XXX/d' file2

or simply

sed -i '1,/Test XXX/d' file*