First; Format the Verse line:
sed 's/^Verse /==== Verse /g' a > bSecond, encase verse text within HTML tags:
a: add opening tag
sed '/==== Verse/a \<html\>' b > c
b: add closing tag
sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/\n\n==== Verse/\<\/html\>\n\n==== Verse/g' c > dc: fix spacing between tag and <b> (not working yet)
sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/\n\n<b>/<b>/g' d > e
Third, clean up empty verses
sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/<html>\n\n<\/html>//g' e > f
sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/==== Verse .\n\n\n//g' f > g
sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/==== Verse ..\n\n\n//g' g > h
Shell Script
Here’s a shell-script for it, considering that the chapter text is in ‘a’:
#!/bin/sh sed 's/^Verse /==== Verse /g' a > b sed '/==== Verse/a \<html\>' b > c sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/\n\n==== Verse/\<\/html\>\n\n==== Verse/g' c > d sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/\n\n<b>/<b>/g' d > e sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/<html>\n\n<\/html>//g' e > f sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/==== Verse .\n\n\n//g' f > g sed -e ':a' -e 'N' -e '$!ba' -e 's/==== Verse ..\n\n\n//g' g > h rm a b c d e f g
Finally, separate file into chapters AND attach it to the end of a file
sed -n '/^Chapter.1$/,/^Chapter.2$/p' h >> ch1.txt (or even, if you are just pulling from the middle) sed -n '/^Chapter.1$/,/^Chapter.2$/p' h | tail -n +5 | head -n -2 >> ch1.txt