Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:05:48 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Mark Willson <cdr.nil@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is there a way of usinf greo to find 3 or 4 blank lines? Message-ID: <20090907230548.GA15330@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <h82bdt$h0f$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <20090906003651.GA7388@thought.org> <h811h5$p11$1@ger.gmane.org> <20090906232300.GA11209@thought.org> <20090907010602.GA11657@thought.org> <h82bdt$h0f$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 08:06:51AM +0100, Mark Willson wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
> >> Yes, this works just fine. I findthat there are about 130 places
> >> that I need to
> >> track... --yeah, i did over-do it in the time-breaks in my story.
> >>
> >> Is there a way of printing the string/line in the `manuscript' file
> >> along with the line
> >> number? I'm well into a copyedit of the manuscript and would rather
> >> not start over!
> >>
> >> thanks for this.
> >>
> >:wq
> >
> > Sorry:: sounds a bit moronic:: not print the blank line/newline!
> > but print the
> > NR-1-th line.
>
> Gary,
>
> The following version should do what you want:
>
> BEGIN {
> ncnt = 0
> prev = "BOF"
> }
> /^ *$/ {
> 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
>
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