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Old 07-21-2004
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Code:
awk '/^END/{close f; f=""} f{print > f} /^DOC/{f="doc."++d}' infile
$ head -1000000 doc.*
==> doc.1 <==
aaaaaa
bbbbbb
cccccccc

==> doc.2 <==
ddddddd
eeeeeee