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# 8  
Old 02-25-2013
If it is a completely empty line then I would just:
Code:
var=$( awk NR==2 RS= textfile.txt )
echo "$var"

# 9  
Old 02-25-2013
your code seems to parse all the names to the variable $name at the same time, would it be possible to parse the name one line at a time to variable $name in a loop, until it reaches the empty line?
# 10  
Old 02-25-2013
Quick fix:
Code:
awk NR==2 RS= textfile.txt |
while read var
do
  echo "$var"
done

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# 11  
Old 02-25-2013
Code:
var=$(awk 'NR<3{next} NF==0{exit} 1' textfile.txt)

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