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Old 03-24-2009
print first line of each paragraph
Hi everybody,

Say I have a file that looks like this:

Quote:
“That outcome would have been far preferable to the situation we find ourselves in now,” Mr. Bernanke testified.

Moreover, he said, had the government been able to assume control of A.I.G. in that fashion, there never would have been seven-figure bonuses paid to executives, even while the company was receiving billions in government backing.

Mr. Bernanke said that, legal and contractual considerations notwithstanding, A.I.G. management was told starting last fall of “our deep concern surrounding compensation issues at A.I.G.”
How could I print a new file with only the first lines of each paragraph:

Quote:
“That outcome would have been far preferable to the situation we find ourselves in now,” Mr. Bernanke testified.

Moreover, he said, had the government been able to assume control of A.I.G. in that fashion, there never would have been seven-

Mr. Bernanke said that, legal and contractual considerations notwithstanding, A.I.G. management was told starting last fall of “our deep
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Old 03-24-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by thedude
Hi everybody,

Say I have a file that looks like this:



How could I print a new file with only the first lines of each paragraph:
this will work if you have a newline char after each line and a blank line between paragraph
Code:
awk 'NR==1||c-->0;/^$/{c=1}' file_name

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Old 03-24-2009
Awesome, thank you.
# 4  
Old 03-24-2009
or:
Code:
nawk '{print $1}' FS= RS= myFile

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