I am trying to split a big text files after n number of empty lines. The text file contains exactly one empty line as data separator. Like below:
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem
Lorem
...
I have tried to use csplit
csplit data.txt /^$/ {3}
My expectation is that after 3 empty lines (not consecutive, but after cursor processes 3 empty lines) it split file and continue to do so. But it actualy splits file in each empty line.
My expected files:
xx00
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
xx01
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem
Lorem
Any suggestion?
>Solution :
With awk (tested with GNU and BSD awk):
awk -v max=3 '{print > sprintf("xx%02d", int(n/max))} /^$/ {n += 1}' file