blank line ( beginer )

[paijo]

Hi guys
can you help me ?
I have file format like this :

new york
kanada

china
USA
denmark

nairobi
kenya
bali

black
green
dark
blue

I want to find the word kenya then I want to get the result :
china
USA
denmark

nairobi
kenya
bali

black
green
dark
blue


So every time I found, special word that I am looking for then it will print group lines before and after the group lines that contain that word.

I am using UNIX awk for this case

thanks alot

paijo

 

[PHV]

With the GNU grep you may play with the -A and -B options.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[ogniemi]

in AIX you can print stanza using grep command, for example:

grep -p kenya filename


you would get:

nairobi
kenya
bali