import re
with open('/home/lxf/documents/textsnippets.txt', 'r') as f:
    data = f.read()
snips = re.split("---", data)
for snip in snips:
    # strip the blank line at the end
    s = '\n'.join(snip.split('\n')[1:-1])
    #make sure we output the newlines, but no strong wrapping single quotes
    print(repr(s.strip()).strip('\''))