Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:17:04 +0100 From: Mark Willson <cdr.nil@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is there a way of usinf greo to find 3 or 4 blank lines? Message-ID: <h85hve$rfl$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20090907230548.GA15330@thought.org> References: <20090906003651.GA7388@thought.org> <h811h5$p11$1@ger.gmane.org> <20090906232300.GA11209@thought.org> <20090907010602.GA11657@thought.org> <h82bdt$h0f$1@ger.gmane.org> <20090907230548.GA15330@thought.org>
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Gary Kline wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 08:06:51AM +0100, Mark Willson wrote:
>> The following version should do what you want:
>>
>> BEGIN {
>> ncnt = 0
>> prev = "BOF"
>> }
>> /^ *$/ {
>> ncnt++;
>> if (ncnt > 3) {
>> print "Emphasis at " NR ": " prev;
>> prev = "-multiple-"
>> ncnt = 0;
>> }
>> next;
>> }
>> {ncnt = 0; prev = $0}
>>
>> -mark
>
>
> It does! outstanding....
>
> thanks again,
>
> gary
>
Gary,
No problem. Glad I could help.
-mark
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