[SOLVED] How to use groupby or aggreation in linux

Issue

here is the exemple

[A]
XXXX
SSSS
[B]
EEEEE
EEEEE
[A]
ZZZZ
RRRR
[B]
TTTTT
UUUUU
[C]
OOOOO
ZZZZZ

the question is how can we do in linux shell groupby element to have this result ? :

[A]
XXXX
SSSS
ZZZZ
RRRR
[B]
EEEEE
EEEEE
TTTTT
UUUUU
[C]
OOOOO
ZZZZZ

So if can have a function or script or set of commands to do this task that would help me a lot in my project of auto proxy and load balancers. Thank you

Solution

Using awk:

awk '
/^\[/ {
  group = $0
  next
}
{
  elems[group] = elems[group] $0 ORS
}
END {
  for (group in elems)
    printf "%s%s%s", group, ORS, elems[group]
}' file

Answered By - oguz ismail

Answer Checked By - David Marino (WPSolving Volunteer)