On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > perl -e 'local $/ = "\n\n"; my @p = <>; print scalar(@p), "\n";'
Eric, I _knew_ there was a perl solution. :-) After all, it is for text processing. Unfortunatly, I don't know perl, so I thank you. > You may want to check for blank paragraphs or allow for trailing, ending, > or more than two newlines. I'm cutting and pasting from web pages and cleaning the text as I go. There won't be blanks or more than two newlines. Thanks! Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
