is there a way of usinf greo to find 3 or 4 blank lines?

[Gary Kline]

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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