[PLUG] Counting Paragraphs in a Text File

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Travis Spencer wrote:

> If a paragraph is *exactly* two new line characters in a row, then a less
> accurate way that is a little easier on the wrists would be to just use
> grep like this: `grep -c ^$'. For instance:

   Thanks, Travis. I don't understand the difference in the resulting counts,
but my immediate need is for a correct number. They're lists of potential
clients that I need to call as soon as I return from a business trip, and
eventually will be imported into my contact management system.

Thanks,

Rich

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