title: Java splitting string into paragraphs
body: <p>I have a big string that needs to be split into paragraphs based on "-- " in a single line and below is the string </p>
  
  <pre><code>access.log-2017-07-10   05:30:02    127.0.0.1   GET 200 58944   0.079   -   ""  -   -   -   -   -   /platform/scheduler/logout.jsp  9148257800613007309 -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  access.log-2017-07-10   05:45:00    127.0.0.1   POST    200 10  0.084   "55"    ""  -   -   -   -   -   /platform/scheduler/login.jsp   9148257800613007349 -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  access.log-2017-07-10   05:45:00    127.0.0.1   GET 302 333 0.02    -   "test123"   -   -   -   -   -   /report/scheduler/schedule.jsp?notify=y 9148257800613007349 -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  access.log-2017-07-10   05:45:00    127.0.0.1   GET 200 168427  0.171   -   ""  -   -   -   -   -   /report/reports.jsp?report=6030654077013281451  9148257800613007349 -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  access.log-2017-07-10   05:45:00    127.0.0.1   GET 200 58944   0.034   -   ""  -   -   -   -   -   /platform/scheduler/logout.jsp  9148257800613007349 -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  access.log:2017-07-10   05:59:05    10.233.32.75    POST    302 325 3.189   "133"   ""  -   -   -   -   -   /login.jsp  9148257800613007357 -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   "http://10.112.251.31:6300/login.jsp?redirectKey=_from_url_e4600ddc-2c02-4c85-9eff-83bee5457c14" kranthi123
  access.log-2017-07-10   05:59:06    10.233.32.75    GET 200 30119   1.422   -   ""  -   -   -   -   -   /ncobject.jsp?id=9137288153213290331    9148257800613007357 -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   "http://10.112.251.31:6300/login.jsp?redirectKey=_from_url_e4600ddc-2c02-4c85-9eff-83bee5457c14"
  access.log-2017-07-10   05:59:07    10.233.32.75    GET 200 32  0.009   -   ""  -   -   -   -   -   /CSServlet  9148257800613007357 -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   "http://10.112.251.31:6300/ncobject.jsp?id=9137288153213290331"
  access.log-2017-07-10   05:59:07    10.233.32.75    GET 404 52534   0.454   -   ""  -   -   -   -   -   /scripts/jquery/form-styler/jquery/jquery.formstyler/jquery.formstyler.min.js   9148257800613007357 -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   "http://10.112.251.31:6300/ncobject.jsp?id=9137288153213290331"
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  start_check_state.log-
  start_check_state.log-Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ...
  start_check_state.log-
  start_check_state.log:Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell kranthi123
  start_check_state.log-
  start_check_state.log-Type help() for help on available commands
  start_check_state.log-
  start_check_state.log-Connecting to t3://0.0.0.0:6300 with userid system ...
  start_check_state.log-Successfully connected to Admin Server 'devSrv25131' that belongs to domain 'dev'.
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  start_check_state.log-
  start_check_state.log-Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ...
  start_check_state.log-
  start_check_state.log:Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell kranthi123
  start_check_state.log-
  start_check_state.log-Type help() for help on available commands
  start_check_state.log-
  start_check_state.log-Connecting to t3://0.0.0.0:6300 with userid system ...
  start_check_state.log-Successfully connected to Admin Server 'devSrv25131' that belongs to domain 'dev'.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have used split in so many ways and none of them worked </p>
  
  <p>Below are few of them which i have used.</p>
  
  <pre><code>split("\n--\n");
  split("^\\s");
  split("\\n--\\n")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>none of them have worked</p>