Re: split text in pages

[Kevin Rodgers]

gooliver wrote:
> I have a long text-file.
> How to split this text in pages with number and with this layout:
>
>         - 2 -
>
> bla bla bla bla bla bla    (1)
> bla bla bla bla bla bla    (2)
> ...
> bla bla bla bla bla bla    (k)
>
>         - 3 -
>
> bla bla bla bla bla bla    (1)
> bla bla bla bla bla bla    (2)
> ...
> bla bla bla bla bla bla    (k)
>
> ???
>
> thanks in advance for tips!

C-x h
M-| awk 'BEGIN {page=1; line=0}
{
  if (line % 3 == 0)
    printf "        - %d -\n\n", page
  printf "%s    (%d)\n", $0, ++line
  page++
  line=line % 3
}' RET

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Kevin Rodgers