Hi Tekcheck,
You can do it(USING ONLY 'ksh')if you have FIXED NUMBER of fields for each entry (e.g., Name, profession, interest, phone, etc..).
Your entries go like this:
1
2
3
...
...
...
n Name: Joe
n+1 Profession: Blah
n+2 Interest: Blah
n+3
n+4
...
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m Name: Joe
m+1 Profession: Blah...