Re: Multi-line record headers

On Jan 31, 7:28 am, Ed Morton <mor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 1/30/2008 4:48 PM, kevin.byf...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
>
>
> > This one has me stumped.  In the below example I'm trying to get the
> > (customer) number (which might also contain capital letters) above
> > each group of contacts to show on every line in front of each
> > contact.  There are no tabs in the file, just spaces.  Some customer
> > numbers have zero contacts, some have many.
>
> > Here's the source:
>
> > 00270
> >  OE DENNIS ANSZ                   OWNER/EXECUTIVE      600/200-0110
>
> > 00275
> >  OE JAMES ARNILD                                       310/755-2079
> >  ZA SHARI                         ACCOUNTS PAYABLE     310/755-2079
>
> > 00300
>
> > 00310
> >  FX                               FAX NUMBER               912-1948
> >  GM JOE                           GENERAL/DIV MGR      376/942-9735
>
> > P00315
> >  FX FAX                           FAX NUMBER           376/788-3443
> >  OE KAREN ZATHO                  PRESIDENT            317/788-3000
> >  ZP KAREN ZATHO                  HOME PHONE           317/788-4014
>
> > And the goal:
>
> > 00270 OE DENNIS ANSZ                   OWNER/EXECUTIVE
> > 600/200-0110
>
> > 00275 OE JAMES ARNILD
> > 310/755-2079
> > 00275 ZA SHARI                         ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
> > 310/755-2079
>
> > 00300
>
> > 00310 FX                               FAX NUMBER
> > 912-1948
> > 00310 GM JOE                           GENERAL/DIV MGR
> > 376/942-9735
>
> > P00315 FX FAX                           FAX NUMBER
> > 376/788-3443
> > P00315 OE KAREN ZATHO                  PRESIDENT
> > 317/788-3000
> > P00315 ZP KAREN ZATHO                  HOME PHONE
> > 317/788-4014
>
> > Any suggestions?
>
>  awk '/^ /{print k $0;next}{k=$1}' file
>
>         Ed.

This discards customer-numbers that have no contacts.

Furthermore, it does not print each telephone-number on a line
by itself.

In addition, it fails to put a blank line between each
group of contacts.