On 30.08.2013 10:50, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> 
> Is there an option for grep, or some similar program,
> that will print out a whole paragraph -
> defined as the section between two blank lines -
> containing a given word or phrase?
> 
> Such as the above 4 lines.
> If not, can anyone suggest a simple script that will do this?
> 
> 

awk 'BEGIN{RS=ORS="\n\n";FS=OFS="\n"}/your search term goes here/' file


Mateusz Marzantowicz

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