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10-11-2007

fedora

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Thanks again!

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Originally Posted by radoulov

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Sure:

everything <>0 in awk is true (you can use whatever you want: 1,2 ... 42 ...), true means use default action, which is print the current record.

You could use this, if you prefer:

Code:

awk -- -42 RS= ORS="\n\n" filename