[root@linux]~# cat file
THE GREEN TABLE
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit. Vestibulum consectetur, purus vitae sagittis
vehicula, justo ipsum accumsan mi, in ornare risus
turpis vel dolor. Aliquam in auctor nibh. Proin sit
amet diam purus. Quisque suscipit, dui eu vehicula
malesuada, tortor neque sagittis dolor, vel placerat
lacus odio sed justo.
THE GREEN TABLE
Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient
montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec convallis hendrerit
odio non sollicitudin. Vivamus condimentum consequat
velit, ut volutpat mi tristique eget. Donec magna mi,
tempor at posuere non, pulvinar quis tortor. Integer
ornare vehicula enim, et gravida neque laoreet non.
[root@linux]~# perl -pe 's/THE GREEN TABLE/\n$&/||s/\n/ /;END{print "\n"}' file
THE GREEN TABLE
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum consectetur, purus vitae sagittis vehicula, justo ipsum accumsan mi, in ornare risus turpis vel dolor. Aliquam in auctor nibh. Proin sit amet diam purus. Quisque suscipit, dui eu vehicula malesuada, tortor neque sagittis dolor, vel placerat lacus odio sed justo.
THE GREEN TABLE
Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec convallis hendrerit odio non sollicitudin. Vivamus condimentum consequat velit, ut volutpat mi tristique eget. Donec magna mi, tempor at posuere non, pulvinar quis tortor. Integer ornare vehicula enim, et gravida neque laoreet non.
You wanted "specific text" to be matched. This code is matching only "THE GREEN TABLE". Do you have some rule on how does the specific text look like? Does it always have "TABLE" in there?
Thank you for the input, and my apologies if I'm slow on getting it.
bartus11, I can see now how your code works:
Code:
perl -pe 's/THE GREEN TABLE/\n$&/||s/\n/ /;END{print "\n"}' file
It removes line breaks from everything except the matched text. In my usage that unfortunately won't work - the files are long and dynamic.
What will work is code that removes line breaks from the lines AFTER the match.
It will remove all line breaks in a document after a match, until there is a blank line. Then it will stop.
It won't start removing line breaks again until there is a match, then it will remove line breaks starting on the next line, until there is a blank line, then it will stop.
It will not remove line breaks from blank lines.
Example - the text before:
Code:
HEADLINE ONE
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit. Vestibulum consectetur, purus vitae sagittis
vehicula, justo ipsum accumsan mi, in ornare risus
turpis vel dolor.
HEADLINE TWO
Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient
montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec convallis hendrerit
odio non sollicitudin. Vivamus condimentum consequat
velit, ut volutpat mi tristique eget.
HEADLINE THREE
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
elit. Vestibulum consectetur, purus vitae sagittis
vehicula, justo ipsum accumsan mi, in ornare risus
turpis vel dolor.
HEADLINE FOUR
Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient
montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec convallis hendrerit
odio non sollicitudin. Vivamus condimentum consequat
velit, ut volutpat mi tristique eget.
The text after, presuming a match for HEADLINE ONE and HEADLINE THREE:
Code:
HEADLINE ONE
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum consectetur, purus vitae sagittis vehicula, justo ipsum accumsan mi, in ornare risus turpis vel dolor.
HEADLINE TWO
Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient
montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec convallis hendrerit
odio non sollicitudin. Vivamus condimentum consequat
velit, ut volutpat mi tristique eget.
HEADLINE THREE
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum consectetur, purus vitae sagittis vehicula, justo ipsum accumsan mi, in ornare risus turpis vel dolor.
HEADLINE FOUR
Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient
montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec convallis hendrerit
odio non sollicitudin. Vivamus condimentum consequat
velit, ut volutpat mi tristique eget.
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