grep by paragraph

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On 30.08.2013 13:39, Andrew wrote:
> Hi Timothy,
>>> 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?
>>>
> 
> 
> AIX has grep -p for just this purpose, I wish GNU grep did too.
> 
> I share your pain.
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew.
> 

I share your enthusiasm. :)

$ paragrep enthusiasm enthusiasm.txt
I share your enthusiasm. :)



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On 30.08.2013 13:39, Andrew wrote:> Hi Timothy,
>>> 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?

> AIX has grep -p for just this purpose, I wish GNU grep did too.
> 
> I share your pain.
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew.


I share your enthusiasm. :)


poma