Input file:
$ cat file.txt
S Badrinath
c Singh b Pathan
0
ML Hayden
c Jayawardene b Sreesanth
89
6X6
SK Raina
c Goel b Chawla
32
1X6
Required: Print the first line of each paragraph (each paragraph being separated by a single new line)
Awk solution:
$ awk 'NR==1||cnt-->0;/^$/{cnt=1}' file.txt
Output:
S Badrinath
ML Hayden
SK Raina
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2 comments:
The command tries to find empty lines and then prints the line after that. Is that correct?
I have written some examples. If you are interested, you can check this: Awk Command
sed -ne '
/./p
:a
n
/./ba
' file.txt
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