On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 21:37 -0700, Greg Woods wrote: > On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 23:33 +0000, John Horne wrote: > > > ============ (the '=' are not part of the variable) > > abc def > > > > hijk > > xyz > > ============ > > > > So in this case what is wanted is: > > > > ============ > > hijk > > xyz > > ============ > > > > to be shown. > > echo "$XX" | sed -e '1,/^$/d' This will delete lines up to and including the first blank line. The OP's problem statement isn't very clear, but I think he wants to delete everything up to and including the last blank line, if any. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org