Sed or Awk question

[jgercken]

What I want to do is to parse a file outputting everything between a line containing string and the next line containing just a \n. There will be a number of these sets in each file. Any thoughts?
-Jeff

bla bla bla
bla bla bla
bla bla string bla <---- start output
bla bla bla
bla bla bla
<---- stop output

bla bla bla
bla bla bla
bla string <---- start output
bla
<---- stop output


----------------------------------------
Wasabi Pop Tarts! Write Kellogs today!

 

[dchoulette]

sed -n '/string/,/^$/p'

--------------------
&quot;When all else has failed, read the manuals.&quot;

Denis

 

[PHV]

And the solution:

awk '/string/,!NF'

Hope This Help
PH.