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Regex to replace end in config files through bash

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Sed Replace Multiline

 class Test
   def procedure
     nil
   end
 end
 I am trying to achieve this:
 class Test
   def procedure
     nil
   finish
 finish
 sed -i '/end$/{N; s/end\nend/finish\nfinish/}' test.rb
 sed -i '/end$/N;/\nend/s/end/finish/g' test.rb
 sed -i '/end$/N;//s/end/finish/g' test.rb

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