On Sat, 2012-12-01 at 23:25 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > 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. > Correct. John. -- John Horne, Plymouth University, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 -- 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