I need to find a string and need to print the line above it.
case1: The same line won't have the more than one matching pattern
ie) consider a file containing
$cat > para
returns between the paragaraphs
italic or bold    
quotes by placing
italic
Here i need to find for italic, and i need to get the output as below
returns between the paragaraphs quotes by placing
How can i get the output like this?
 
                