Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:9100 comp.unix.questions:7401 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!ucsd!sdcsvax!net1!hutch From: hutch@net1.ucsd.edu (Jim Hutchison) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: grep replacement (search w/context) Message-ID: <5008@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Date: 4 Jun 88 23:49:59 GMT Sender: nobody@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU Reply-To: hutch@net1.UUCP (Jim Hutchison) Organization: UCSD EMU Project (Educational Microcomputer Unix) Lines: 12 I can think of a few nasty ways to do this one, I am hoping to get a better answer. A grep with a window of context around it. A few lines proceeding and following the pattern I am looking for. The VMS search command sported this as an option/qualifier. I miss it sometimes (not VMS, just a few of the more wacky utilities, like the editor option for creation of multi-key data base files :-). /* Jim Hutchison UUCP: {dcdwest,ucbvax}!cs!net1!hutch ARPA: Hutch@net1.ucsd.edu Disclaimer: The cat agreed that it would be o.k. to say these things. */