Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:06:51 +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: <h82bdt$h0f$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20090907010602.GA11657@thought.org> References: <20090906003651.GA7388@thought.org> <h811h5$p11$1@ger.gmane.org> <20090906232300.GA11209@thought.org> <20090907010602.GA11657@thought.org>
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Gary Kline wrote:
>> Yes, this works just fine. I findthat there are about 130 places that I need to
>> track... --yeah, i did over-do it in the time-breaks in my story.
>>
>> Is there a way of printing the string/line in the `manuscript' file along with the line
>> number? I'm well into a copyedit of the manuscript and would rather not start over!
>>
>> thanks for this.
>>
> :wq
>
> Sorry:: sounds a bit moronic:: not print the blank line/newline! but print the
> NR-1-th line.
Gary,
The following version should do what you want:
BEGIN {
ncnt = 0
prev = "BOF"
}
/^ *$/ {
ncnt++;
if (ncnt > 3) {
print "Emphasis at " NR ": " prev;
prev = "-multiple-"
ncnt = 0;
}
next;
}
{ncnt = 0; prev = $0}
-mark
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