thanks prakash, it did really work.
also if you could provide help for a script that reads a blank line in a txt file and prints the line above the blank line.
Eg
abcdef

william
marc
sumeet
...

many a thanks msvinaykumar, i am looking for a perl script that works with windows.
KZ

No, I am not working in Unix. I am working with Windows.
KZ

How to print the duplicates in a text file. Also the line number where the duplicate text has been found needs to be printed. pls help

KZ