I need to count the lines from matching config file entries, preferably with 'grep'.

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I have a configuration file that has entries for various devices, with each entry separated by a blank line. I need to search the file for all instances of a given device type, and count the number of non-blank lines following the occurrence, stopping at the first blank.

For example:

Server=foo
config line 1
config line 2
config line 3

Server=bar
config line 1
config line 2

Server=foo
config line 1

If I wanted to know how many total "config lines" were associated with server "foo", I should get four. Can you please help?

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